Leyden Jar Battery
Glass jars lined with metal foil stored an electric charge, which could be released as a spark or shock.
- Date
- ca 1880
- Maker
- E. Leybold’s Nachfolger
- Dimensions
- overall: 15 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in x 17 in; 39.37 cm x 34.29 cm x 43.18 cm; jars (glass only): 10 1/4 in x 5 in; 26.035 cm x 12.7 cm; box: 6 in x 12 in x 12 in; 15.24 cm x 30.48 cm x 30.48 cm
- Museum
- National Museum of American History
- Credit line
- from Princeton University, Department of Physics, thru Frank Shoemaker
The museum's own record (Smithsonian, National Museum of American History)
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