Grenet Cell
notes: label: Description
content: The Grenet cell (or battery) was invented by the German physicist Johann Christian Poggendorff in 1842. Eugene Grenet, Jr., a civil engineer in Paris, made it more practical, and received a U.S. patent (#25,503) in 1859. Grenet died 1909.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Barbara A. Keppel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0311.189
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0311.189
label: accession number
content: 1985.0311
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Grenet's Battery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 cm x 9.5 cm; 8 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in