Oil, battery

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0119.001

MANUFACTURER: Waterbury Battery Co.
MODEL: WATERBURY
LOCATION: Perth, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS BOTTLE/ BATTERY OIL/ STEEL CAPS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: 3.1 cm
Height: 10.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telephony
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Waterbury
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Perth

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Canadian telephone companies installed nickel-iron battery boxes on their poles .1 &.2 were made in Perth, Ontatio.
Function: The bottles contained battery oil used in telephone batteries.
Technical: To prevent evaporation and gassing during the charging of nickel-iron batteries, battery oil was poured on top of the fresh electrolyte in each battery cell. The oil floated on the electrolyte, forming a thick protective layer that facilitated the recombination of battery gases and reduced evaporation.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: EMBOSSED FRONT READS: 'WATERBURY/ BATTERY OIL/ THE WATERBURY/ BATTERY CO./ PERTH, ONTARIO/ MADE IN CANADA'/ EMBOSSED BOTTOM READS: '1 [A SQUARE, A DOT, & A DIAMOND WITH A 'D' INSIDE] 6/ V-2104'
Missing: N/A
Finish: STEEL PAINTED GOLD
Decoration: N/A

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Waterbury Battery Co., Oil, battery, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1978.0119, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1978.0119.001/

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