Stonington
a town in New London co., Conn.; on the Long Island Sound, and on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad; 43 miles S. W. of Providence, R. I. It comprises the borough of Stonington and the villages of STONINGTON STORAGE BATTERY plates is formed by passage of an electric current through the cell. In order to speed up this process, the lead plates Pawcatuck, Mystic, and Old Mystic.
There is an excellent harbor, and regular steamboat connection with New York and Boston. Here are a public library, are covered with grooves, so as to prean English and Classical Institute, high sent as much surface to the acid as pos- Pustitutebrary, schools, a National bank, and a semi-sible. At best, however, this is a slow weekly newspaper. The town has im- process, and in order to bring about the portant manufactories, including silk, cotton, and woolen goods, printing presses, spools, boilers, iron and brass goods, etc. In August, 1814, the inhabitants successfuly defended the town against a British attack. Pop. (1910) 9,154; (1920) 10,236.