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

The circuit is closed through a Leclanché cell and a resistance box.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

When this has been done, we may proceed to test the working of the bell by connecting up the binding screws with the wires proceeding from a freshly-charged Leclanché cell.

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

The general appearance of the Leclanché cell is well shown at Fig.

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)

Messrs. Gent, of Leicester, have introduced a very neat modification of the Leclanché cell, with a view to obviate altogether the evils deriving from creeping.

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