Peru Electric Manufacturing Company

Hercules Battery.

In placing the Hercules battery cell (Fig. 1) on the market, the Peru Electric Manufacturing company of Peru, Ind., aimed to produce a high-grade battery at a moderate cost, and it feels confident that all users will agree that the object has been accomplished.

Fig. 1. Hercules Battery.

This cell consists of a fluted cylinder (Fig. 2) made of selected carbon, filled with a depolarizing compound. The zinc is cylindrical in form and made of the best rolled zinc and thoroughly amalgamated. The cover is of porcelain and forms a perfect lid for the jar, preventing evaporation or the climbing of salts.

The manufacturer recommends the Hercules as being one of the best batteries on the market, and says that it is without an equal for gas-lighting and gas-engine work, and in fact for all open-circuit work where the conditions are most severe. The data given are: Electromotive force, 1.47 volts; internal resistances, 0.11 ohm; current on short-circuit, about 13.4 amperes.

Fig. 2 and 3. Hercules Battery.