Bichromate battery - zine and carbon plates surpended from the woodenlid into a glass jar

Made:: 1890-1900 in England

Bichromate battery - zine and carbon plates surpended from the
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Bichromate battery - zine and carbon plates surpended from the woodenlid into a glass jar, probably English, 1890-1900

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Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A169628

Materials:: glass, wood, brass, carbon and zinc

type:: batteries

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Bichromate battery - zine and carbon plates surpended from the woodenlid into a glass jar

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