These were basically Leyden jars and to get the required capacitances took a lot of space. In 1909, William Dubilier invented smaller mica capacitors which were then used on the receiving side for ...

Franklin proposes a successful theory of the Leyden jar and invents the parallel plate capacitor. Ch Frame Code Title 1 A Opening Sequence 2 02400 G Mushenbrook And The Leyden Jar 3 08275 H Franklin ...