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It was a bunch of leyden jars hooked together in series and there wasn’t even chemistry involved yet, but the nomenclature stuck and it wasn’t long before it evolved into the word we use today.

It uses two counter-rotating disks to generate an electrostatic charge which is then stored in two Leyden jars. These jars are also connected to a spark gap. When the voltage raises high enough ...

The original models of the following break-through innovations are exhibited in Hall 1: Leyden Jars, Pieter van Musschenbroek, 1745 Guglielmo Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph “Maggie”, 1896 ...