Name/Title
Electric BatteryEntry/Object ID
2013.3.21Description
The samples in our collection show extremes in the range of elegance of construction of this common type of early apparatus. Each of our complete sets consists of nine jars.
The battery of Leyden jars was used whenever it was necessary to increase the amount of electricity to be stored for use with electrical devices. The amount of electricity stored is proportional to the amount of foil surface. Not only can the number of jars in a battery be varied, but the capacity of each individual jar varied from a half-pint to a two-gallon size. As an example, Dr. Rees (New Cyclopedia, Phila., Vol. IX, pt. 2, plate 1) shows an electrical machine connected to a battery having three boxes of thirty-six jars for a total of 108 Leyden jars.Collection
Moosnick Museum - Scientific Apparatus
