Leyden Jar Battery
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
name: label: maker
content: E. Leybold’s Nachfolger
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Set of 4 Leyden Jars in a wooden box. Each has a wooden cap with a brass rod passing through the cap. A small chain runs from the rod to the bottom of each jar. A brass rod connects the four jars together. The jars sit on a common metal plate which is connected to a brass rod running through the side of the box. A brass tag on the side of the box is marked: "E. Leybold's Nachfolger Cologne, Germany." Princeton #H43.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: The Electric Dr. Franklin
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Princeton University, Department of Physics, thru Frank Shoemaker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330583
label: catalog number
content: 330583
label: accession number
content: 299612
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Condenser, Leyden Jar
label: Object Name
content: leyden jar
label: Object Name
content: condenser bank
label: Object Name
content: capacitor bank
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in x 17 in; 39.37 cm x 34.29 cm x 43.18 cm
label: Measurements
content: jars (glass only): 10 1/4 in x 5 in; 26.035 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 6 in x 12 in x 12 in; 15.24 cm x 30.48 cm x 30.48 cm