They are connected in series positive (+) to negative (-) for greater voltage, or in parallel (+ to + and-to -) for greater current capacity. The individual cells inside a 9-volt battery. An everyday examples of a battery is the 9-volt transistor battery, which is six 1.5-volt cells in series.
Definition of Erie Canal. Definition: The Erie Canal was the nation's first Important transportation system connecting the Atlantic Ocean, via the Hudson River in Albany, eastern New York, with Lake Erie. The Erie Canal stretched for 363 miles providing the first waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1825, one of the most important events in Albany, New York State, and the United States of the nineteenth century occurred, with the completion of the Erie Canal, beginning at the Hudson River in Albany, and ending more than 300 miles to the west in Lake Erie at Buffalo.