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 ==== A Leyden jar ==== ==== A Leyden jar ====
-A Leyden jar is an electrical charge storage device that is the first capacitor. It is a glass bottle whose two surfaces, outer and inner, are covered with isolated layers of metal. These layers act as the covers of the capacitor, while the glass of the bottle is the insulator.+A Leyden jar is an electrical charge storage device that was the first capacitor. It is a glass bottle whose two surfaces, outer and inner, are covered with isolated layers of metal. These layers act as the covers of the capacitor, while the glass of the bottle is the insulator.
 [([[https://www.wired.com/2017/01/the-physics-of-leyden-jars|Wired]])] [([[https://www.wired.com/2017/01/the-physics-of-leyden-jars|Wired]])]
  
 ==== Electric eels ==== ==== Electric eels ====
-Electric eels inhabit the muddy waters of the Amazon and Orinoco floodplains. These are fortunately sparsely inhabited areas, as the electric eel can easily kill a human. It cannot eat him (it has any teeth, so it can only swallow small prey), but its electrical discharge is enough to stun and drown a horse. [([[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/electric-eel|National Geographics]])]+Electric eels inhabit the muddy waters of the Amazon and Orinoco floodplains. These are fortunately sparsely inhabited areas, as the electric eel can easily kill a human. It cannot eat them (it has no teeth, so it can only swallow small prey), but its electrical discharge is enough to stun and drown a horse. [([[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/electric-eel|National Geographics]])] 
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