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  Leiden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Leyden jar, a capacitor made from a glass jar, was invented here by Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1746.
It was actually first invented by Ewald Georg von Kleist the year before, but the name "Leyden jar" stuck.
Leiden is on the planned route of the RijnGouweLijn, the Netherland's first Light rail project.
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 Capacitor - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
In October 1745, Ewald Georg von Kleist of Pomerania invented the first recorded capacitor: a glass jar coated inside and out with metal.
By layering the insulator between two metal plates, von Kleist dramatically increased charge density.
Before Kleist's discovery became widely known, a Dutch physicist Pieter van Musschenbroek independently invented a very similar capacitor in January 1746.
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 FaradNet Capacitor History
He espoused the law of conservation of charge within a region.
In 1745 the Leyden jar, the first capacitor, was discovered by Ewald Georg von Kleist, a German inventor.
A Dutch physicist Pieter van Musschenbroek of the University of Leyden also discovered the Leyden jar independently in 1746.
www.faradnet.com /know/historix.htm   (325 words)

  
 Cell phones, Home Phones, Business Phones, Cordless Phones and MORE!
An electrostatic generator powered his experiments, one charge at a time.
A few years later, Dutchman Pieter van Musschenbroek and German Ewald Georg von Kleist in 1746 independently developed the Leyden jar, a sort of battery or condenser for storing static electricity.
Named for its Holland city of invention, the jar was a glass bottle lined inside and out with tin or lead.
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