A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases (1898)
Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914 · New York, The W. J. Johnston company · leaf 128
the opposite surfaces of the glass, or otherdielectric separating the metallic coatings, as canbe shown by removing the coatings after charg-ing. The condenser resulted from the discovery ofthe Leyden jar. (See Jar, Ley den.) The capacity of a condenser is measured inmicrofarads. (See Farad.) In… … Fig. 168. Condenser. A Leyden jar or condenser does not store elec-tricity any more than a storage battery does.The same quantity of electricity passes out of theopposite coating of the jar that is passed into theother coating. The jar, therefore, possesses nostore of electricity. What it really…
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