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Ask Tip Sheet.(battery sizes)(Brief Article)

Publication: Newsweek

Publication Date: 30-AUG-04

Author: Taulane, Anne
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Byline: Anne Taulane

Why do battery sizes come in AAA, AA, C and D, and not A, B, C and D?--Nancy Stein, Manalapan, N.J.

It was all supposed to make sense, according to the American National Standards Committee. In 1924 a government and industry committee created the system using...

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