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Webster 1913 Edition
Leyden phial
{
Ley′den jar′
(lī′d’n jär′; 277)
Ley′den phi′al
(fī′al)
.} Noun.
(Elec.)
A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in
Leyden
, Holland.