Q & A: Homemade Batteries - Pictures

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Q:

Do you have a picture of a potato battery?
- jordan (age 9)
riverside

A:

Jordan -

Well, I couldn't find a picture of a potato battery, but I did find a lemon and a tomato battery. They're all basically the same, though:




(from The Fun Science Gallery.)

-Tamara

(published on 10/22/2007)

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