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.
French and British Investors, who held the majority of shares in the Suez Canal, urged their governments to intervene directly in Egypt. An Egyptian army rebellion under Ahmad Orabi induced the British to send military units to Egypt in 1882.Thereafter the administration of Egypt was in the hands of British consuls.t that point, the British government owned part of the canal because the ruler of Egypt sold it to Britain when Egypt needed money. The canal was extremely important for Britain because of the amount of trade that went on between Britain and India.