Leyden
[laidn]
Examples
- He thought later--in 1748--that there were many points of similarity between lightning and the spark from a Leyden jar, and suggested an experiment to test the identity of their natures. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I had lived long in Holland, pursuing my studies at Leyden, and I spoke Dutch well. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The charge of a Leyden jar was sent through strips of tin foil, pasted on to a flat piece of glass, so as to form several lines, joined at the ends alternately into a continuous circuit. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He contrived an electric jack driv en by two Leyden jars and capable of carrying a large fowl with a motion fit for roast ing before a fire. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Muschenbroeck of Leyden University developed the celebrated Leyden jar. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thus the Leyden jar is both a collector and a condenser of electricity. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1851 the first instantaneous views were made by Mr. Cady and Mr. Beckers, of New York, and also by Mr. Talbot, who employed as a flash light a spark from a Leyden jar. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The principle of the Leyden jar was discovered by accident. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the mean time he studied medicine at Edinburgh, Paris, and Leyden, and continued the pursuit of chemistry. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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