Large Leyden Jar

A glass jar roughly the size of a water bottle, with the lower half lined inside and out with metal foil. A wooden plug supports a metal ball on top of a brass rod, and a chain dangles inside the jar.

Details

9B20 - Circuits/Components/Inst.

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Instances

G2B20A - Demo West (Duane Physics)

Good - Normal Wear

Used in these demonstrations

Five antique Leyden jars of varying sizes with glass bodies, metal foil linings, wooden stoppers, and metal rods topped with spherical terminals

Leyden Jars

Demonstrates capacitance and energy storage using a Leyden jar charged by a Van de Graaff generator. Students see charge accumulate and then discharge as a dramatic spark, making stored electrical …

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