Edison Type S Primary Battery, 1916-1929
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A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this Type S powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this Type S powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
Artifact
Battery (Electrical)
Date Made
1916-1929
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New Jersey, West Orange
Creator Notes
Porcelain jar made in Germany, battery manufactured by Thomas A. Edison, Inc., West Orange, New Jersey.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.0.34.69
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Porcelain (Material)
Metal
Wood (Plant material)
Paint (Coating)
Color
White (Color)
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Diameter: 5 in
Inscriptions
stamped in blue ink on side: [maker's mark] / GERMANY
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