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battery stand

Date: 1900-1920
Inventory Number: 0408
Classification: Battery
Subject:
electricity,
Maker: Fritz Köhler (founded 1897)
User: Department of Chemistry, Harvard University (founded 1791)
Cultural Region:
Germany,
Place of Origin:
Leipzig,
City of Use:
Cambridge,
Dimensions:
8 × 19.7 × 11.6 cm (3 1/8 × 7 3/4 × 4 9/16 in.)
Material:
wood, brass,
Description:
Five chips to hold special battery cells and six brass strips between with binding posts for series connection and pins and jacks for tapping any number of cells. Mounted on rectangular wood base.
Signedbase marked: FRITZ KÖHLER / LEIPZIG
Inscribedstamped in wood: E 20
ProvenanceFrom the Department of Physics, Harvard University.

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