The Burnley Cartridge Battery

Burnley Cartridge Battery.

The Burnley cartridge battery is a recent invention and discovery in that class of batteries employing sal ammoniac as the exciting agent. The construction of the battery, a cut of which is herewith presented, is a modified form of Leclanche cell, with an entirely new construction:of porous cup.

Burnley Cartridge Battery.

The porous cup, or cartridge, is made of specially prepared paper board, with sufficient rigidity to withstand the necessary compression. The top of the cartridge is specially parafined to resist the action of creeping salts. By this construction there can be no choking by the deposition of reduced salts within the pores of the cartridge. The reduced salts, as formed, adhere to the extremely fine shreds always present on paper, and having a flimsy support soon drop by their increased weight to the bottom of the jar. The internal arrangement of the depolarizing compound of carbon and manganese surrounding the negative electrode is such as to utilize all the oxygen present in the manganese, and thus a smaller bulk of this material can be used, thereby reducing the size of the cell while maintaining its efficiency as compared with other forms of cells. This cell is being manufactured and sold by the Miamisburg Electric company, Miamisburg, O.