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Princeton's WordNet
Leiden jar, Leyden jarnoun
an electrostatic capacitor of historical interest
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leyden jar
A Leyden jar is a type of container or device that is used for storing static electricity between two conductors. It was one of the earliest types of capacitor invented, crucial in many early experiments with electricity. It consists of a glass jar with metal foil inside and outside and a metal pole that touches the inner foil and protrudes through the non-metallic stopper of the jar.
Webster Dictionary
Leyden jar
alt. of Leyden phial
Wikidata
Leyden jar
A Leyden jar, or Leiden jar, is a device that "stores" static electricity between two electrodes on the inside and outside of a glass jar. It was the original form of a capacitor. It was invented independently by German cleric Ewald Georg von Kleist on 11 October 1745 and by Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek of Leiden in 1745–1746. The invention was named for the city. The Leyden jar was used to conduct many early experiments in electricity, and its discovery was of fundamental importance in the study of electricity. Previously, researchers had to resort to insulated conductors of large dimensions to store a charge. The Leyden jar provided a much more compact alternative.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Leyden jar
lī′den jär, n. a form of condenser for statical electricity, a glass jar coated inside and outside with tinfoil for two-thirds of its height, the inner coating connected with a metallic knob at the top of the jar, usually by means of a loose chain.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Leyden Jar
an electric condenser, a cylindrical glass bottle lined inside and outside with metal to within a short distance from the top, while a brass rod connected with the inside coating extends upward through a wooden stopper terminating in a knob.
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Leyden Jar
A form of static condenser. In its usual form it consists of a glass jar. Tinfoil is pasted around the lower portions of its exterior and interior surfaces, covering from one-quarter to three-quarters of the walls in ordinary examples. The rest of the glass is preferably shellacked or painted over with insulating varnish, q. v. The mouth is closed with a wooden or cork stopper and through its centre a brass rod passes which by a short chain or wire is in connection with the interior coating of the jar. The top of the rod carries a brass knob or ball. If such a jar is held by the tinfoil-covered surface in one hand and its knob is held against the excited prime conductor of a static machine its interior becomes charged; an equivalent quantity of the same electricity is repelled through the person of the experimenter to the earth and when removed from the conductor it will be found to hold a bound charge. If the outer coating and knob are both touched or nearly touched by a conductor a disruptive discharge through it takes place.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of leyden jar in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of leyden jar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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