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    Ewald Georg von Kleist (10 June 1700 – 11 December 1748), also known as Ewald Jürgen von Kleist, was a German jurist, Lutheran cleric, physicist and the...
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  • Ewald von Kleist may refer to any of the following persons: Ewald Georg von Kleist (c. 1700–1748), co-inventor of the Leyden jar Ewald Christian von Kleist...
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    Leyden jar (redirect from Kleist jar)
    Its invention was a discovery made independently by German cleric Ewald Georg von Kleist on 11 October 1745 and by Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek...
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  • "Kyrill") Conrad von Kleist (1839-1900), German politician (German Conservative Party), member of Reichstag Ewald Georg von Kleist (ca. 1700–1748), also...
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    the breakdown voltage of the air is exceeded. In October 1745, Ewald Georg von Kleist of Pomerania, Germany, found that charge could be stored by connecting...
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    Jürgen von Kleist (c. 1700–1748); co-inventor of the Leyden jar Henning Alexander von Kleist (1707–1784); Prussian lieutenant general Ewald Christian von Kleist...
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    Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1746. It was actually first invented by Ewald Georg von Kleist the year before, but the name "Leyden jar" stuck. Leiden's Stadhuis...
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  • described a new system for classifying plants in Systema Naturae. 1745: Ewald Georg von Kleist first capacitor, the Leyden jar. 1749 – 1789: Buffon wrote Histoire...
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  • Bernoulli: First model of the Kinetic theory of gases 1745–46 – Ewald Georg von Kleist and Pieter van Musschenbroek: discovery of the Leyden jar 1752 –...
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    Camin cathedral was also experimenting with a friction generator. Ewald Georg von Kleist had suspended a large stove-pipe above his machine on silk threads...
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