Among other things, Alain saw fit to write:

> JS nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/09/29 18:51:
>> *You must have a different battery to the one I used to make the model.
>> 
> The one "B" battery I ever saw was several years ago, and it was an old
> dead one, maybe they changed the model since. I can't find any now, and
> for the last 40 years, in my area.

I don't know the English or standard name, but I think what James tried to
model was this type of battery:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?C=SEO&U=SiteMapByDept&ModuleNo=31494
which, I agree, has round ends in the blades (and a sweet-metallic taste if
you touch it with your tongue).

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