Leclanché cell

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Leclanché cell
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Leclanché cell

Summary

Leclanché cell ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Leclanché cell is credited with the discovery of Georges Leclanché[2].
  • Leclanché cell's image is recorded as Pile Leclanché.jpg[3].
  • Georges Leclanché is named after Leclanché cell[4].
  • Leclanché cell's subclass of is recorded as galvanic cell[5].
  • Leclanché cell's Commons category is recorded as Leclanché cell[6].
  • +1866-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Leclanché cell[7].
  • Leclanché cell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026b_xr[8].
  • Leclanché cell's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • Leclanché cell's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Leclanche-cell[10].
  • Leclanché cell's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Leclanché-element[11].
  • Leclanché cell's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 015420[12].
  • Leclanché cell's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 136971211[13].
  • Leclanché cell's IEV number is recorded as 482-04-08[14].
  • Leclanché cell's Arab Encyclopedia concept ID is recorded as 160591[15].

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Works and Contributions

Leclanché cell is credited with the discovery of Georges Leclanché[2].

Why It Matters

Leclanché cell ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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