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E. Georg von Kleist

German clergyman
Also known as: Ewald Georg von Kleist
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Born:
c. 1700,, Prussian Pomerania?
Died:
Dec. 11, 1748, Köslin, Pomerania?
Subjects Of Study:
electricity
Leyden jar
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E. Georg von Kleist (born c. 1700, Prussian Pomerania?—died Dec. 11, 1748, Köslin, Pomerania?) was a German administrator and cleric who discovered (1745) the Leyden jar, a fundamental electric circuit element for storing electricity, now usually referred to as a capacitor. The device was independently discovered at about the same time by Pieter van Musschenbroek, who investigated it more thoroughly than Kleist.

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