The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 439
bed is, however, the usual one, and as it is thecheapest it would be best to start with it. _ To charge the jar the outside tinfoil is connected with the ground, and theinside is excited by means of the knob from the prime conductor of the machine.The electricity is, as the phrase goes, bottled… … THE LEYDEN JAR, AND HOW TO MAKE IT. 435 This simple apparatus, which takes such a prominent part in electrical experi-ments, obtained its name from having been invented at the old Dutch University,where Muschenbroek was at the time professor. In Germany it is called Kleistsjar, from the name of…
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