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 created an immense growth in the population of New York and many of its important cities; it revolutionized an entire countryâs economy, noting that things had already been set in motion by the War of 1812; it forced a collision and interaction between Irish immigrants and devout families; and it empowered and divided the North and South, forcing an eventual confrontation of tensions.