Objekt 12
Leyden bottle
Description
The Leiden bottle is a glass vessel covered with metal inside and outside. The inner layer is connected to a thick wire for easy charging, which ends in a brass ball on the outside. With the help of the Leiden bottle, electricity could be stored, amplified and transported for the first time.
Object description
around 1800
Glass, metal, brass
from Ringier's apparatus, 1811
Deposit Institute of Physics of the University of Basel, Phys. 9.
Inv. 1986.461.