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One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

2 lead acid batteries

1965-1975

Dummy model of wireless battery of 1917

1917

Dummy 100 volt dry battery, 1917

1917

Dummy 60-volt dry battery

1917

Dummy 45-volt dry battery, 1917

1917

Dummy model of 3-volt dry battery of 1923

1923

Dummy 66-volt dry battery

1922

Permobil C350 wheelchair

Quantum Jazzy wheelchair

Rectangular mahogany case for a battery

1890-1900

Rectangular mahogany case for battery

1890-1900

Glass leyden jar from a d'Arsonval-type high-frequency electrotherapy apparatus

1890-1920

Glass leyden jar from a d'Arsonval-type high-frequency electrotherapy apparatus

1890-1920

Bichromate or "Poggendorff" cell

1851-1900

Small bichromate battery

1860-1900

Multiple battery

1920-1940

Sunrise Medical wheelchair

Dummy model of 42 volt h.t. battery of 1923

1923

Batteries revolving round the poles of a magnet

1822-1856

Group of mercury batteries (Mallory)

1957

Cutaway miner's cap lamp battery

Cruickshank trough battery

Battery, with two sets of cells

1860-1880

Leyden jar

1851-1900

Possibly Leyden jar

1851-1900

Volta's crown of cups, early 19th century; Crown-of-cups battery, early 1800s

1800-1825

Home-made voltaic pile consisting of wooden base with pile made of zinc and copper discs alternating with felt

1890-1920

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

1890-1900

Six-cell Groves' battery on stand

Portable battery

1900-1910

Zinc and graphite wet cell

1870-1915

Dry cell portable battery for electric lights

1920-1930

Voltaic pile battery, European, 1850-1890

1850-1890

Thermionic Valves and Dry Electrolytic Cells

1920-1950

Dummy model of 66 volt h.t. battery of 1921

Dummy model of 66 volt h.t. battery of 1921

1921

Battery in mahogany box, with lower panel containing sliding switch galvanometer and 2 terminals, by Philip Harris & Co. Ltd., 144 and 146 Edmund Street, Birmingham, England, 1880-1890.

Battery in mahogany box

1880-1890

Five Vidor "Eternacell" Lithium-Sulphur dioxide batteries

Five Vidor "Eternacell" Lithium-Sulphur dioxide batteries

1981

Battery, comprises 15 Leyden jars in wood case with metal fittings, European, second half 18th century

Battery, comprises 15 Leyden jars in wood case with metal fittings

1751-1800

Six bichromate cells of carbon and zinc contained in case with brass fittings, European, 1880-1920

Six bichromate cells of carbon and zinc contained in case with brass fittings

1880-1920

Battery containing mercury bichromate cells which may be and lowered in rectangular box with upper panel on which are gauge rheostat, 2 terminals and leaf-spring interrupter, made by C. Chardin, 5 rue de Chateaudun, Paris, France, 1875-1885.

Battery containing mercury bichromate cells

1875-1885

Battery, European, 1860-1920

Battery, European, 1860-1920

1860-1920

Battery in wooden case, personal relic of Sir Lauder Brunton, English(?), 1880-1910

Battery in wooden case

1880-1910

3 bichromate cells contained in wooden box with 3 glass bottles and 2 electrodes, probably English, 1880-1890

3 bichromate cells contained in wooden box with 3 glass bottles and 2 electrodes

1880-1890

Four-cell battery in mahogany frame, English, late 19th century

Four-cell battery in mahogany frame

1880-1920

Lelanche battery, four glass jars in wooden case, with terminals, probably French, 19th century

Lelanche battery

1801-1900

Four volt miners cap lamp battery. Supplied by Tudor Accumulators, Co, Ltd., 1956.

Four volt miners cap lamp battery. Supplied by Tudor Accumulators

Groves' battery, part only, wood box with metal contents, possibly English, early 20th century

Groves' battery

1901-1930

Six-cell Bunsen battery

Six-cell Bunsen battery

Battery box with rheostat, owned by Dr. Pringle, European, 1890-1920

Battery box with rheostat

1890-1920