Trebel, George. [from old catalog] · New York, F. Tousey · leaf 17
th the other hand, to detach the wire from themachine; but as soon as he touched it, he received a powerfulelectric shock. It was by imitating this arrangement that the Leyden jar wasconstructed; for here was a glass cylinder, having good conduc-tors on both sides, viz., the hand on the outside,… … ductors, and a jar for the glass cylinder, and thus the electricaljar was constructed. In an age less enlightened than the pre-sent, and less familiar with the wonders of philosophy andchemistry, the striking and peculiar offects of electricity, usexhibited by the Leyden jar, would naturally excite…
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