silver dry cell battery
Date: 1880-1900
Inventory Number: 2007-1-0061
Classification: Battery
Dimensions:18.5 × 27.5 × 15 cm (7 5/16 × 10 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Accessories: one jumper wire in red insulation, with binding posts still attached to both ends; six coiled pieces of wire (of various lengths) in pink and gray striped insulation; one loose metal binding post
Description:
Custom wooden box with rounded edges and brackets to hold a carrying handle (handle missing). Inside the box's hinged top is a plug-board with 51 plugs numbered from 0 to 50. Plugs 1 to 50 are arranged in a 5 x 10 grid which is numbered in bottom-to-top boustrophedon, from 1 in the lower left to 50 in the lower right. Two thumbscrews can be loosened in order to lift out the faceplate and the battery beneath it.