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The Leiden Jar: From Lightning in a Glass to the First Battery
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Explore the birth of the capacitor era. In the 1740s, Kleist and Muschenbroek’s shocking experiments showed a glass jar could store energy; Benjamin Franklin identified the dielectric inside and coined the term 'condenser.' Jean-Antoine Nollet popularized the device and the name 'battery,' turning it into public spectacle and laying the groundwork for modern electronics and the enduring questions about electricity’s true nature.
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