Leyden jar - Wikipedia
Leyden jar: A Leyden jar, or Leiden jar, is a device that "stores" static electricity between two electrodes on the inside and outside of a glass jar. It was the original form of a capacitor (originally known as a "condenser"). It was invented independently by German cleric Ewald Georg von Kleist on 11 October 1745 and by Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek of Leiden (Leyden) in 1745–1746.[1] The invention was named for the city.
M1918 Ford 3-ton tank - Wikipedia
M1918 Ford 3 ton. The first US mass-produced tank was a licensed near-copy of the Renault FT. The Ford 3 Ton was intended to be a less expensive alternative. The small, two man vehicle was powered by two Ford Model T engines and would have been America's first mass produced indigenous tank design. 15,000 were initially ordered, but the Armistice eliminated the need, and only fifteen were produced.
Travenol artificial kidney, ca.1963 - Dittrick Medical History Center
Travenol artificial kidney, ca.1963 The artificial kidney made life-saving dialysis possible for people with end-stage renal disease. Originally developed by Willem Kolff in the Netherlands in the late 1930s, the dialysis machine filtered blood impurities using a permeable cellophane membrane. By the late 1940s his design was technically viable but not yet produced commercially.
Can You Guess The Fastest Plane In The World?
The Bell X-2 was a rocket-powered research plane jointly developed by Bell Aircraft Corporation, the U.S. Air Force and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (the precursor to NASA) in 1945. The aircraft was built to investigate aerodynamic issues with supersonic flight within the Mach 2 to Mach 3 range.
Geissler tube - Wikipedia
A #GeisslerTube[1] is an early gas discharge tube used to demonstrate the principles of electrical glow discharge. The tube was invented by the German physicist and glassblower Heinrich Geissler in 1857.In the early 20th century, the technology was commercialized and evolved into #neonLighting.
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