Leyden jar

English 200px|right Alternative forms en Leiden jar Etymology Named after the city of en Leiden (in the en Netherlands), where it was invented. Pronunciation en /ˈlaɪdən ˌdʒɑɹ/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Leyden jar.wav Southern England Noun en electrical engineering historical A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate static electricity between two electrodes. en Leyden phial Kleistian jar en capacitor en unit jar 1 22 Cavendish analyzed the mathematics of musical intervals, formulated the theory of electrical potential, and was the first scientist to realize that a solution’s electrical conductivity varies with its concentration. He proposed that a long-tailed fish called the torpedo was able to generate its own current like a living battery, and then proved it by sculpting an artificial fish in his lab out of shoe leather, pewter plates, glass tubes, and sheepskin and hooking it up to Leyden jars, creating a perfect simulation of the fish’s electrical organs. Translations glass jar used to accumulate static electricity Arabic: ar قَارُورَة لَيْدَن f Basque: eu Leyden ontzi, eu Leyden botila Belarusian: be ле́йдэнскі слоі́к m Bulgarian: bg лайденска стъкленица f Catalan: ca ampolla de Leiden f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 萊頓瓶 Láidùn píng, cmn 來登瓶 Láidēng píng Czech: cs leidenská láhev f Danish: da leydnerflaske c, da Leydens flaske c Dutch: nl Leidse fles f Esperanto: eo botelo de Leiden Estonian: et Leideni purk Finnish: fi Leidenin pullo, fi Leydenin pullo French: fr bouteille de Leyde f Galician: gl botella de Leiden f Georgian: ka ლეიდენის ქილა German: de Leidener Flasche f, de Kleistsche Flasche f, de Kondensationsflasche f, de Flaschenkondensator m Greek: el φιάλη του Λέιντεν f, el λουγδουνική λάγηνος f Hungarian: hu leideni palack Indonesian: id Tabung Leyden, id Tabung Leiden Irish: ga crúsca Leyden m Italian: it bottiglia di Leida f Japanese: ja ライデン瓶 Raiden-bin Korean: ko ^라이덴병 Macedonian: mk лајденска тегла f, mk Лајден тегла f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb leidnerflaske f m, nb leydnerflaske f m Nynorsk: nn leidenflaske f, nn leidenerflaske f Polish: pl butelka lejdejska f Portuguese: pt garrafa de Leyden f, pt garrafa de Leiden f, pt garrafa de Leida f Romanian: ro butelie de Leyda f Russian: ru ле́йденская ба́нка f Spanish: es botella de Leyden f, es botella de Leiden f Swedish: sv leidenflaska c, sv leidnerflaska c, sv kleistsk flaska c Tamil: ta லேய்டின் கொள்கலன் Turkish: tr Leyden kavanozu Ukrainian: uk ле́йденська ба́нка f Vietnamese: vi chai Leiden, vi chai Leyden