Museum catalogue: Antarctic Collection
Battery
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Accession no.: | Y: 59/8/5/32 | ||||||||||
Object name: | Battery | ||||||||||
Title: | Battery | ||||||||||
Description: | Two mercury batteries in a sealed plastic packet. From the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58 and part of a sledging box (Y: 59/8/5/1) containing integrating motor pneumotachograph (IMP) equipment, used for determining energy expenditure by analysing expired air to calculate oxygen consumption. The integrated motor pneumotachograph was powered by 8 Mallory RM 1 mercury cells which gave a constant voltage throughout 90% of their life and only had a small temperature co-efficient. | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||
Full description: |
Two mercury batteries sealed in a clear plastic packet. They have red and white paper labels reading 'MALL[…]'. |
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