"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message
. 3.70...
rangerssuck fired this volley in
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pon a time, I had a boss who insisted that if you put 1 million
1.5V
cells in series and measured the voltage across (actually, he
pronounced it 'acrosst'

Actually... That might work for a while with ZERO load. They made
some
monstrous 'piles' in the 1800s to experiment with high voltages (not
that
high, I'm sure).


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