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Common Pattern Leyden Jar

Inventory Number 67819


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.67819

Item type
Object
Physical material
copper alloy
Glass
Wood
Foil
Dimensions
Diameter: 110mm Height: 313mm Weight: 588g
Inventory No
67819

Description

A leyden jar comprising of a glass jar coated in foil with a wooden lid. The lid has a copper alloy ball and rod running through the centre of the wood and supports a chain that is suspended from the lid. A leyden jar is used to store electrical charge.