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Leyden Jar (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia article on the Leyden jar, consulted for its account of Ewald Georg von Kleist's 11 October 1745 discovery and Pieter van Musschenbroek's independent 1745 to 1746 discovery at Leiden.

Facts
Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyden_jar
Source Type
Reference Work
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
Leyden Jar (Wikipedia)
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Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Inventions, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Engineers, 2 claims: 2 holds.

Well-attested

9

Inventions

General References

3

Inventions

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