Modern electricity and magnetism, theoretically and practically considered (1885)
Avery, Elroy M[cKendree], 1844- [from old catalog] · New York and Chicago, Sheldon and company · leaf 62
Fig. 151. 358. The Leyden Battery.—The effect that maybe produced with a Leyden jar or other condenser depends FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY. 231 upon the size of the coats, the thinness and the inductivecapacity of the glass. But a large jar is expensive andrequires great care; thin glass is liable to… … the condensed and strongly attracting electricities of itstwo coats. To obviate both of these diflficulties, a collectionof jars is used. When their outer coats are in electriccommunication, which may be secured by placing themin a tray the bottom of which is covered with tin-foil, andtheir inner…
Electricity · Magnetism
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