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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