Battery of nine leyden jars

Made:
1828-1899

Battery of nine leyden jars, in fitted wooden case with brass handles. (Four jars are ill-fitting replacements and in two of these the central conductor is also not original. The interconnections between the jars are missing, the fastening hooks are missing from the case and the lid is split)

Details

Category:
Science Teaching
Object Number:
1983-396
type:
battery
credit:
University College London, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy