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Hindsight, Tradition, and National Styles in the Prehistory of the Leyden Jar (2019)

Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 110
Issue: 2
Pages: 317-320

URI: https://www-journals-uchicago-edu.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/703411

DOI: 10.1086/703411

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Capacitance Electricity; magnetism Leyden jar Scientific apparatus and instruments Glass and glassmaking 18th century Dufay, Charles-François de Cisternai

The Leyden jar surprised natural philosophers when it was invented in 1746 because it showed the paradoxical behavior of glass. But similar experiments had been done before, such as those by the Frenchman Charles Dufay. Why was Dufay oblivious to the paradox? The answer involves three kinds of historical explanation that are controversial but fruitful: hindsight, tradition, and national styles.

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