How Do You Make A Leyden Jar?
• Cutaway view of a Leyden jar. Cut a 12.5cm long piece of a wire coat hanger and bend one end into the shape of a hook. • Cut a square of wood 15mm thick large enough to cover the mouth of a glass tumbler or jar. • Make a hole in the center of the wooden strip and fix the hook to it. • Make a chain of paper clips and suspend it on the hook. • Stick aluminium foil on the lower half of the tumbler, both inside and outside. • Place the wooden strip along with the hook and the chain of paper clips in such a way that the chain remains suspended inside the glass. • Crumple another piece of aluminium foil into a ball. Press the open end of the hook into this ball. • Strip the insulation from both ends of a long piece of insulated wire. • Set one end of the wire on the foil outside the tumbler and affix it with tape. Connect the other end with the pipe of your water tap. Your Leyden jar is ready to be tested. • Charge the jar by rubbing a comb against a woolen cloth and touching the ball of a
