01/1746 AD invented
This was the first device with the ability to store electricity, thus he is credited with creating the first "capacitor."
Up to this point, transient electrical energy could be generated by friction machines but there was no way to store it.
Abbé Nollet, who translated Musschenbroek's announcement of the discovery from Latin, coined the term 'Leyden jar after the city of its discovery'.
Musschenbroek was impressed by the powerful shock he received from the device, writing, "I would not take a second shock for the crown of France". Reports of the experiment were widely circulated, and scientists began to investigate the charge storage ability of these "Leyden flasks".
Subjects Who or What invented?
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Pieter van Musschenbroek Dutch scientist credited...
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Leyden jar (Leiden jar) A Leyden jar is an antiq...
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