Innovative technologies of the past centuries, not surprisingly, play a significant role in modern science and technology. Thus, radio engineering cannot do without the innovative technology of the 18th century - the effect of electrical capacitance. The effect was discovered by Cathedral Dean Ewald Kleist of Cammin in Pomerania. A little later, in the Dutch Leiden in the laboratory of the famous physicist Pieter Musschenbroek was conducted an experiment similar to the experience of Kleist. Information about the Leiden experiment thanks to the French physicist Jean Antoine Nollet received wide publicity in scientific circles in Europe and eclipsed the results of Kleist. This led to subsequent disputes over the recognition of the priority of the discovery. The article presents and discusses the interweaving of this history based on historical documents.
innovation technology of the 18th century, Ewald Georg (Jürgen) Kleist, Kleist bottle, Pieter Musschenbroek, Leiden jar
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