TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ED VANCE:

 TW>  I had inadvertently left out the "N" battery. It is a popular one
 TW> for  Pocket Pagers. But it is of reliatiavely recent introduction
 TW> compaired  to that "A", "C", "D"
series of cells.

I remember running into it way back in 1974,  so it ain't that recent...

 TW> A quick check of The Radio Shack Web site shows that they omnl;y
 TW> carry teh Alkaline "N" battereis under cat # 23-023
 TW> But NiCAD and NiMH rechargable "N" batteries are avaialble from
 TW> other sources. The Standard "N" cell is 11.5 MM Diameter and 28 MM
 TW> tall. There are two variations. The 1/3 "N" at 10.8 MM Tall and the
 TW> 4/3 "N" at 44.5 MM Tall.

And then there's one that's roughly the same size as the N cell but puts out 12V!

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