| 1. | He built his own static electricity generator and performed experiments with Leyden Jars.
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| 2. | Leyden jars are still used in education to demonstrate the principles of electrostatics.
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| 3. | Most early spark transmitters were powered by batteries or Leyden jars.
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| 4. | Often the effects of electricity were studied, with the help of the Leyden jar.
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| 5. | The Leyden jar provided a much more compact alternative.
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| 6. | A rotary switch at the center connects or disconnects the Leyden jars to the terminals.
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| 7. | At a young age he built a Leyden jar to play pranks on his friends.
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| 8. | The book also describes Leyden jars ( CAUTION!
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| 9. | Wistarburgh Glass Works also made scientific glass for the Leyden jars Franklin used in the 1750s.
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| 10. | Static electricity stored in a Leyden jar or any capacitor can cause painful or fatal shocks!
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