Unknown Leyden Jar Model

Manufacturer: Unknown

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Equipment Description: Leyden Jar

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This jar is the fore runner to the capacitor and the battery. There is a foil type coating on the inside and outside of the jar. The metal rod through the lid needs to touch the inner foil (ours is missing the chain). It was invented around 1745. The Leyden jar was used to conduct many early experiments in electricity. It was the first means of accumulating and preserving electric charge in large quantities that could be discharged at the experimenter's will.

Dates Produced: 1900's

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The museum's inventory number: MRT-1198

Located at Museum in: Test Equipment Room