Currently indexing
Eveready no. 703, 3 cell carbon-zinc battery
Date: circa 1924
Inventory Number: 2007-1-0173
Classification: Battery
Subject:
Maker: National Carbon Company Inc. (1886 - 1917)
Maker: Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation (1917 - 1957)
User: Institute of Geographical Exploration (1929 - 1952)
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Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
with terminals up: 7.8 x 6.1 x 2 cm (3 1/16 x 2 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Description:
An carbon-zinc battery with brass strips as terminals. Paper label marked "No. 703 / 3 CELL / EVEREADY / TRADE MARK / BATTERY."
Signedon paper label: NATIONAL CARBON CO., INC. / UNIT OF / UNION CARBIDE & CARBON CORP. / NEW YOIRK - SAN FRANCISCO / MADE IN U. S. A. / © 1924 N. C. CO., INC.
Inscribedon paper label: No. 703 / 3 CELL / EVEREADY / TRADE MARK / BATTERY
Historical AttributesThis battery was removed from the prismatic astrolabe, CHSI inv. no. 5721.