leyden jar(n = noun.artifact) leiden jar - an electrostatic capacitor of historical interest; Array
is a kind of capacitance, capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser
A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in
leyden jar, n. an early form of capacitor consisting of a glass jar with layers of metal foil on the outside and inside.
Etymology:
Leyden (now Leiden) in Holland, where it was invented (1745)
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