leyden_jar
has definitions from the field of physics
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[ noun ] (physics) an electrostatic capacitor of historical interest
Synonyms Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)Beccaria had almost stumbled on a lead to the relationship between electricity and magnetism when a discharge from a Leyden_jar was sent transversally through a piece of watch spring steel making its ends magnetic . Related terms |
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