Do not take these pictures as completely true.These components were passed around from person to person over the years.The configuration you see the cells wired in now, may have been something that was being tested for who knows what reason.
The biggest problem with the cells connected in this arragement is that you would need the voltage to be ten times higher in order to get the right voltage across each cell.If the cells were wired each to a coil pack,you may need 1.5kv to get it to produce gas.If you have two cells wired in series,then you will now need 3kv to get them both to produce gas.If Stan was running these ten cells like this,than the only way it would work was if he had 15kv going in,or he had 12 volts with a ton of amps.
Don