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.
The Erie Canal, which linked the waters of Lake Erie and the Hudson River, was completed in 1825. Discussions surrounding such a canal had been going on for a long time and the War of 1812 caused many observers to back the canal as a means of preventing a Canadian monopoly on Great Lakes traffic.