How to Use Leyden jar in a Sentence

Leyden jar

noun

• Friction between the glass and the leather pads produced static electricity, which was then stored in the Leyden jar.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2018
• The electricity was then drawn off by conductors (missing on this machine) to the Leyden jar.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2018
• Capacitance was measured by the number of Leyden jars, but the jars varied in size and the thickness of the glass, so this was not a precise measurement.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2018
• Franklin recommended a battery of six large glass Leyden jars to electrocute and tenderize a 10-pound turkey or a lamb.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2018
• Electricians, as some early experimenters called themselves, charged a Leyden jar using machines such as the one pictured below.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2018
• But according to one modern source, a typical pint-size Leyden jar (roughly half a liter) would likely have had a capacitance of about 1 nanofarad and the energy of about 1 joule.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2018
• Franklin introduced the terms plus and minus and positive and negative to describe electrical states and charging and discharging to describe the actions of a Leyden jar, which was essentially a capacitor that stored charge for later use.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2018