Leclanché cell

British  

/ ləˈklɑːnʃeɪ /

noun

1. electrical engineering a primary cell with a carbon anode, surrounded by crushed carbon and manganese dioxide in a porous container, immersed in an electrolyte of aqueous ammonium chloride into which the zinc cathode dips. The common dry battery is a form of Leclanché cell

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Etymology

Origin of Leclanché cell

C19: named after Georges Leclanché (1839–82), French engineer

Example Sentences

A third form of Leclanché, and one which has given considerable satisfaction, is the one known as "Judson's Patent."

From Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men by Bottone, S. R.

This latter oxide forms the basis of one of the most useful cells for electric bell work, namely: the one known as the "Leclanché."

From Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men by Bottone, S. R.

The E.M.F. of the Leclanché is very nearly 1·6 volt, or nearly 1 volt and 2/3.

From Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men by Bottone, S. R.

If you wish to use the buzzer simply to call some one occasionally, a dry battery or Leclanché cell is best.

From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)

The wire becomes red-hot when connection is made with a Leclanché battery, and the charge which has previously been inserted into the vessel is fired.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)