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battery jar

American  

noun

  1. a rather large cylindrical container of heavy glass with an open top, used in laboratories.


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This sediment consists of active material or lead sulphate which has dropped from the positive plate and fallen to the bottom of the battery jar.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.

The material is a heavy hard rubber stock which will be no more affected by acid or by electrical conditions in the cell than the hard rubber battery jar itself.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.

A battery jar or a small water-bath to hold the Erlenmeyer flask when packed round with ice.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

By placing crystals of blue vitriol in the battery jar, the solution of blue vitriol can be kept up to its full strength for a very long time.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth

The same plan may be adopted with wide glass jars, like the ordinary battery jar.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.

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