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Re:“Space age electronics”: Inside a GE thin-film paperweigh... by tyingq on Friday July 02, 2021 @07:13PM (#27717994)
It would have been a zinc-carbon battery[1].

I'm also very surprised that it's not corroded.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc%E2%80%93carbon_battery

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