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Batteries
This barely has anything to do with words or letters... except for notation. Does anyone know why there is no designation of an "A" (Single A) battery? I don't know if the categories are universal around the world, but here in the United States, the most commonly found sizes are AA, AAA, C, and D. There's no "A" size ( or "B" for that matter). A Wikipedia article on the subject does not offer any real insight.If anyone out there knows the answer to this, please tell me.
It bothers me a bit.
-- Eric
[27 May 2006]
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A website with history and pictures of "A" and "B" batterieshttp://antiqueradio.org/batteries.htm
(I have the bookmark from when I had the same question.)
Posted by: Morris THompson
I know batteries because I used to work at the photography counter in a high street chemist, and when custom was slow (or we felt like a break) we'd tidy up the battery aisle way over in the corner. (This was recently, mind - just before the most recent Christmas.) And I'm sure there were B batteries there! Hmm... but Google seems to disagree with me. Maybe I just can't read. I know there were C because they were memorably tricky to keep on the shelf. Wrong shape, you see.
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