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Leyden Phial

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A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Leyden Phial'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/leyden-phial.html. 1828.
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