Musschenbroek, Pieter (Petrus) van
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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 J. 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 22, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Musschenbroek,_Pieter_(Petrus)_van>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (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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