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Chardin Six Voltaic Battery Cells, French

Inventory Number 70053


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Mr A.C. Hyde Parker
Object type
Battery
Inventory No
70053
Accession Number
1963-185

Description

Wooden box with a metal carrying handle. Inside the box is split into two compartments, one compartment contains two loose cables with metal input points at either end and a simple wooden lid. The other compartment contains a wooden lid with metal strips screwed into the top these correspond to copper and zinc rods on the other side, in the base of this compartment are six glass jars which each house a pair of copper and zinc rods.