This section is from the book "The Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia", by Luke Hebert. Also available from Amazon: Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia.
Leyden Phial in Electricity, is a glass phial or jar, coated within side and without with tin foil, or some other conducting substance, so as to be capable of receiving and retaining an electric charge for the purpose of experiments.
 
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