Cruickshank trough battery
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1801
label: date made
content: ca 1801
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cruickshank trough battery. See William Cruickshank's article, "Additional Remarks on Galvanic Electricity", J. Nat. Philos. Chem. Arts (also called Nicholson's Journal) 4, (1801): 254-264. Sixty pairs of zinc and copper plates produce about 0.8 volt each for 48 volts total output. Cruickshank made 2 such "machines". This unit was found among Joseph Priestley's experimental devices and presumably is a copy made for his use.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This object was restored in 1957. Treatment included: removal of beeswax from interior surfaces, repair of case ends with glued inserts, fabrication of a new base, cleaning of exterior surface, fabrication of 58 pairs and 2 single interior plates. Apparently the only original parts are the ends and sides as seen in pre-restoration images 44916 and 44916B. An image of the Priestley material as received in 1883 (SI neg# 45003B) clearly shows a trough battery with plates installed, but there is no indication in the file about what may have become of those plates.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Frances D. Priestley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315114
label: catalog number
content: 315114
label: accession number
content: 13305
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Battery
label: Other Terms
content: Battery; Electrochemical Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 28 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 72.39 cm x 6.35 cm