Leclanché Cell
name: label: maker
content: Weston Electric Light Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Glass Leclanché Cell with paper label that reads in part “ECONOMY / CARBON BATTERY” and “WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY.” George Leclanché, a French chemist, invented the form in 1866.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1985.0311.184
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0311.184
label: accession number
content: 1985.0311
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Carbon Battery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: lid: 4.6 cm x 11.1 cm; 1 13/16 in x 4 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: jar: 203 mm x 88 mm x 88 mm; 8 in x 3 7/16 in x 3 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 4 3/8 in; 20.32 cm x 11.1125 cm