A. Gaiffe Faradaic Battery
name: label: maker
content: Gaiffe, Ladislas Adolphe
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Object is marked 327882 on the outside and a component inside is marked 327883. Chicago label 31.1152 is on unit. Label in unit: "Appareil D'Induction / Volta Faradique / Brevete S.G.D.G. / A. Gaiffe a Paris". A wooden case with two hinged doors, each covering equipment bays. The smaller bay contains two lead wires with brass connectors, one wire insulated with green cloth, the other with red. The larger bay has two sections. One section contains an induction coil, right-angle electrode, and a switch key with ivory(?) button. A brass electrode socket in the end of the coil leads through the wood case. The other section contains a brush electrode, a small spoon, and two brass cased electrode, one with a green interior, the other red. Stamped on the edge of the larger bay: "A. Gaiffe / Paris 29957 Brevete / S.G.D.G."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.327883
label: catalog number
content: 327883
label: accession number
content: 271855
label: maker number
content: 29957
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Battery, Faradaic
label: Object Name
content: induction coil
label: Other Terms
content: Battery, Faradaic; Electrochemical Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: closed: 1 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 4 in; 3.81 cm x 19.05 cm x 10.16 cm