battery jar

American  

noun

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

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battery jar

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 Otto A. Witte

Then pour the solution into the battery jar, until it is within 3 in. of the top.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

“Billy, think of something we can make a big battery jar of!” he cried.

From The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity by Francis Lovell Coombs

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 Elmer Ellsworth Burns

If it is not possible to secure either of these, a large glass jar, such as a battery jar or large fruit jar, will be found to answer quite well.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education

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