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Leyden jar - Public domain portrait drawing

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Drawing of a Leyden jar, an antique piece of physics apparatus for storing electric charge, from an 1889 physics textbook. It consists of a glass jar with metal foil glued to the inside and outside. A metal electrode projects down through the wood stopper into the jar, with a metal chain or spring attached to the end which made contact with the inner foil so it can be charged with electricity.

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1889
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Google Books
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/
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