Eveready 1052-P Hearing Aid "A" Battery
This is an Eveready 1½ volt hearing aid "A" battery used mainly in
the vacuum tube hearing aids of the 1940s
The 1052-P battery weighed 3½ oz., and measured 3¾" in height and 1" in
diameter.
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According to this ad that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post,
January 22, 1949, the Eveready 1052-P battery cost 27 cents.
This ad shows the Eveready 1052-P 1½ volt "A" battery (right) paired
with the Eveready 455-P 45 volt "B" battery (left). As you can see, the
"B" battery was more than 7 times as expensive as the "A" battery, but
it also lasted longer.
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