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Pieter (Petrus) van Musschenbroek (1692-1761), a Dutch physicist and inventor of the Leyden jar (1745), a device for storing electrical charge. The Leyden jar is constructed by placing water in a metal container suspended by insulating silk cords, and placing a brass wire through a cork into the water. The same device was invented independently by Ewald Jurgens von Kleist at about the same time, but not published. Musschenbroek’s experiments provided some of the first scientific studies of electrical charge and its properties. In 1729, he was the first to use the word "physics".
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Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Musschenbroek, Pieter (Petrus) van". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date August 18, 2006; Retrieved May 24, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Musschenbroek,_Pieter_(Petrus)_van>
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The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)
Pieter (Petrus) van Musschenbroek (1692-1761), a Dutch physicist and inventor of the Leyden jar (1745), a device for storing electrical charge. The Leyden jar is constructed by placing water in a metal container suspended by insulating silk cords, and placing a brass wire through a cork into the water. The same device was invented independently by Ewald Jurgens von Kleist at about the same time, but not published. Musschenbroek’s experiments provided some of the first scientific studies of electrical charge and its properties. In 1729, he was the first to use the word "physics".
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