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Title: Grenet Battery
Date Created and/or Issued: 1886-1889
1886
1887
1888
1889
Publication Information: Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Santa Clara University
Collection: Santa Clara University Archives ClaraVision Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Permission to copy or publish any portion of SCU Archives materials must be given by Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections.
Description: Grenet Batteries were single-element battery sources with flasks varying in size, from 1/3 liter to 3 liters. These batteries, when filled with an acid solution and placed in series, were a common source of electrical current prior to the development of the dry-cell battery (www.sparkmuseum.com).
Type: image
Format: image
Identifier: http://content.scu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/claravision/id/269
Language: English
Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments
Santa Clara University (Calif.)
Electric batteries
Place: Santa Clara (Calif.)
Source: sci.inst.RB.45
Relation: Santa Clara College 19th Century Scientific Instruments Collection

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