[ARSCLIST] Edison battery oil?

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From: Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:33:18 -0500
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My wife found me a really cool little glass bottle at a garage sale. It is embossed raised letters on glass, about the form-factor of a tiny milk bottle, probably holds 4 oz. It's got Edison's trademark signature on one side and the other side says:

Edison Battery Oil
Made in U.S.A.
--------------------
Thomas A. Edison
Incorporated
Bloomfield, N.J.
U.S.A.

So, can someone tell me more about it? What batteries would need oil? What era would this be from? Thanks!

-- Tom Fine

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