Leclanché Battery
notes: label: Description
content: The Leclanché battery was invented by the French scientist Georges Leclanché, and patented in 1866. The "J. Elliott Shaw & Co., Philadelphia" inscription on this example presumably refers to the manufacturer or dealer.
label: Description
content: Ref: Richards & Co., <i>Illustrated Catalogue of Physical and Chemical Apparatus and Assay Goods</i> (New York, 1896), p. 32.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.316241.210
label: catalog number
content: 316241.210
label: accession number
content: 217523
objectType: label: Object Name
content: batteries, leclanche
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.1 cm x 11.4 cm; 9 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in