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Title |
Demonstration Testing Device |
Object Name |
Battery, Electrical |
Object ID |
2006.050.062 |
Description |
Long rectangular piece of wood with four sets of nails,situated in two parallel lines,in the center; on right end of the board is a small light bulb assembly and two electrical terminals, both black; two large C batteries sit on the board between the nails; each battery has a wire attached to it; one wire connects directly to the terminal; the other wire connects to the light bulb and then a second wire attaches the assembly to the terminal; the left side of the board is signed and dated. |
Dimensions |
H-1.5 W-17.125 D-2.75 inches |
Material |
Wood, Metal, Plastic, Glass |
Search Terms |
Primary batteries Electric batteries Conducting polymers Electricity MacDiarmid, Alan G., 1927-2007 Nobel Prize winners Nobel Prizes Organic conductors |
Provenance |
The donor is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 for "the discovery and development of conductive polymers" |