Passive, two-terminal electronic component that stores electrical energy in an electric field
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Capacitors
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![Inventions: a rat-trap (top) a bellows (centre) and an electrical capacitor [?] (below). Engraving.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0025406/full/320%2C/0/default.jpg)
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Electricity: a large electro-static generator machine in use in the Colosseum, London, with many condenser jars and four operators. Wood engraving, 1839.
Date: 1839Reference: 47537i
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Inventions: a rat-trap (top) a bellows (centre) and an electrical capacitor [?] (below). Engraving.
Reference: 47536i
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Electricity: an electro-static machine charging three Leyden Jars. Engraving.
Reference: 47535i