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Here's a little snippet about Edison Battery Oil. http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edisonia/articles/batteryoil.htm If it worked, it would have been a fairly elegant solution for the time. These days, most sealed batteries found in an industrial setting use a sonically welded casing to prevent absorption and evaporation, with a safety valve for venting gas if necessary (mostly in circumstances where the battery has been severely overcharged). At the time, a lot of batteries had wood cases, which were problematic, but I'm not entirely sure what Edison Primary Batteries had as a casing. Batteries of that type for the most part haven't changed much since then. -Ryan >From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [ARSCLIST] Edison battery oil? >Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:33:18 -0500 > >My wife found me a really cool little glass bottle at a garage sale. It is >embossed raised letters on glass, about the form-factor of a tiny milk >bottle, probably holds 4 oz. It's got Edison's trademark signature on one >side and the other side says: > >Edison Battery Oil >Made in U.S.A. >-------------------- >Thomas A. Edison >Incorporated >Bloomfield, N.J. >U.S.A. > >So, can someone tell me more about it? What batteries would need oil? What >era would this be from? Thanks! > >-- Tom Fine _________________________________________________________________ Type your favorite song. Get a customized station. Try MSN Radio powered by Pandora. http://radio.msn.com/?icid=T002MSN03A07001