Re: [ARSCLIST] Edison battery oil?

[Ryan Jurison <du_box@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's a little snippet about Edison Battery Oil.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edisonia/articles/batteryoil.htm

If it worked, it would have been a fairly elegant solution for the time. 
These days, most sealed batteries found in an industrial setting use a 
sonically welded casing to prevent absorption and evaporation, with a safety 
valve for venting gas if necessary (mostly in circumstances where the 
battery has been severely overcharged). At the time, a lot of batteries had 
wood cases, which were problematic, but I'm not entirely sure what Edison 
Primary Batteries had as a casing.

Batteries of that type for the most part haven't changed much since then.

-Ryan

> From: Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Edison battery oil?
> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:33:18 -0500
>
> 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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