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What does a potato clock look like?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

It's a potato used as a battery with the wires connected to a small clock to power it up. Use the link below as there are a number of articles on this science fair project. There are even some video presentations. Good luck with your project.

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