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From: LU9DCE
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 26 14:45:00 Z
Newsgroups: ALL.WW
Subject: ELECTRONICS FACTS 02-APR
Message-ID: <10586_LU9DCE>
Path: GB7RJJ|GB7YEW|LU9DCE

R:260402/1445Z 10941@GB7RJJ.#79.GBR.EURO LinBPQ6.0.25
R:260402/1445Z 16297@GB7YEW.#79.GBR.EURO LinBPQ6.0.24
R:260402/1445Z 10586@LU9DCE.TOR.BA.ARG.SOAM LinBPQ6.0.25


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THE **CAPACITOR** WAS INVENTED IN 1745 BY EWALD GEORG VON KLEIST IN
GERMANY. HE DISCOVERED THAT CHARGE COULD BE STORED BY USING A GLASS
JAR LINED WITH METAL FOILA DEVICE NOW CALLED A "LEYDEN JAR." IT WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST DEVICES CAPABLE OF STORING ELECTRICAL CHARGE, AND IT
FAMOUSLY GAVE EARLY EXPERIMENTERS PAINFUL SHOCKS. MODERN CAPACITORS
NOW RANGE FROM TINY SURFACE-MOUNT COMPONENTS TO MASSIVE
SUPERCAPACITORS CAPABLE OF STORING ENOUGH ENERGY TO POWER ENTIRE
BUILDINGS.

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