Two bottles of Edison battery oil
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: associated person
content: Edison, Thomas Alva
label: maker
content: Edison Storage Battery Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Edison Battery Oil, 2 bottles. Oil is intended for use with Edison alkali storage batteries. The oil is poured into the cell and floats on top of the electrolyte preventing air from reaching the electrolyte. Marked on one side: "Special Battery Oil / Thomas A. Edison / Incorporated / Primary Battery Division / Bloomfield, N.J. / U.S.A.", on the other side: "[Thomas Edison signature logo] /Trade / Reg.U.S.Mark Pat.Off. / Made in U.S.A."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Dunbar High School, thru Charles Lofton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.323739
label: catalog number
content: 323739
label: accession number
content: 252354
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Battery Oil, Bottles of
label: Object Name
content: battery oil bottle
label: Other Terms
content: Battery Oil, Bottles of; Electrochemical Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: each: 4 3/4 in x 2 in x 1 in; 12.065 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm