Leyden jar
date: label: date made
content: 1911
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A Leyden jar from a German battleship, WWI era. A glass jar with a gold-colored coating about 40% up the exterior. The coating appears to be a metal plate fitted around the jar, rather than a dipped or sprayed coating. A shellac coating covers the upper section of the exterior surface (about 20% has worn off). The jar is set in a brass base with a tin plate on the bottom. A wooden stopper holds a brass electrode in place, with a brass single-jack chain leading to the inside. A 4-tine brass leaf spring holds the stopper in place The lower section of the inner surface appears to be tin plated. A cloth-insulated lead wire with a brass pin-connector is attached between the jar's exterior surface and the gold-colored plate.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from William Dubilier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.326266
label: catalog number
content: 326266
label: accession number
content: 259739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: capacitor
label: Object Name
content: leyden jar
label: Object Name
content: condenser
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in; 31.115 cm x 17.4625 cm