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    Ewald Georg von Kleist (10 June 1700 – 11 December 1748), also known as Ewald Jürgen von Kleist, was a German jurist, Lutheran cleric, physicist and the...
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  • Ewald von Kleist may refer to any of the following persons: Ewald Georg von Kleist (c. 1700–1748), co-inventor of the Leyden jar Ewald Christian von Kleist...
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    Leyden jar (redirect from Kleist jar)
    Its invention was a discovery made independently by German cleric Ewald Georg von Kleist on 11 October 1745 and by Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek...
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  • "Kyrill") Conrad von Kleist (1839-1900), German politician (German Conservative Party), member of Reichstag Ewald Georg von Kleist (ca. 1700–1748), also...
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    the breakdown voltage of the air is exceeded. In October 1745, Ewald Georg von Kleist of Pomerania, Germany, found that charge could be stored by connecting...
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    Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Joachim Kuhn and Rudolf-Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff...
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    Jürgen von Kleist (c. 1700–1748); co-inventor of the Leyden jar Henning Alexander von Kleist (1707–1784); Prussian lieutenant general Ewald Christian von Kleist...
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  • described a new system for classifying plants in Systema Naturae. 1745: Ewald Georg von Kleist first capacitor, the Leyden jar. 1749 – 1789: Buffon wrote Histoire...
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    Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1746. It was actually first invented by Ewald Georg von Kleist the year before, but the name "Leyden jar" stuck. Leiden's Stadhuis...
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  • Bernoulli: First model of the Kinetic theory of gases 1745–46 – Ewald Georg von Kleist and Pieter van Musschenbroek: discovery of the Leyden jar 1752 –...
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    1741: Vitus Bering discovers Alaska 1745: Leyden jar invented by Ewald Georg von Kleist was the first electrical capacitor 1751: Jacques de Vaucanson perfects...
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    Camin cathedral was also experimenting with a friction generator. Ewald Georg von Kleist had suspended a large stove-pipe above his machine on silk threads...
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    a county commission of Osterrode (Ostróda) (d. 1758) June 10 – Ewald Georg von Kleist, German jurist (d. 1748) June 16 – Margaret Coke, Countess of Leicester...
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    a "condenser"). It was invented independently by German cleric Ewald Georg von Kleist on 11 October 1745 and by Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek...
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    popular and widespread in Europe by 1740. In 1745, German cleric Ewald Georg von Kleist and Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek discovered independently...
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  • laying down modern wireless remote control operation principles. 1902 Otto von Bronk patented his "Method and apparatus for remote visualization of images...
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's father had an older half-brother, Hermann Jakob Goethe (1697–1761) from his grandfather Friedrich Georg Goethe's first marriage...
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  • Volker Klapdor-Kleingrothaus Hagen Kleinert Ewald Georg von Kleist Otto Klemperer Gerhard Klimeck Klaus von Klitzing Heinz-Jürgen Kluge Hermann Knoblauch...
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  • Ulloa and Charles Wood (both in the 1740s). 1745: Leyden Jar – Ewald Georg von Kleist (1745) and Pieter van Musschenbroek (1745–46). 1749: Lightning rod –...
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    founded the Danzig Research Society, and repeated the experiments of Ewald Georg von Kleist with the Leyden jar. Gralath improved the design of the Leyden jar...
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    Guericke 1745: Leyden jar (Kleistian jar) by Ewald Georg von Kleist 1777: Discovery of Lichtenberg figures by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 1801: Discovery of...
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    invasion of the Soviet Union. In November 1942, when General Paul Ewald von Kleist was given the command of Army Group A, Mackensen took up leadership...
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    General Ewald von Kleist was now to command Panzer (Armoured) Group Kleist, consisting of three armoured corps, led by Heinz Guderian, Georg-Hans Reinhardt...
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  • Ewald von Kleist, found himself in the difficult situation of mediating between his superior army group and his subordinate corps commanders; Kleist had...
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    October 11 – At Köslin (now Koszalin in Poland) Prussian scientist Ewald Georg von Kleist independently invents the first electrical capacitor to store and...
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    October 11 – At Köslin (now Koszalin in Poland) Prussian scientist Ewald Georg von Kleist independently invents the first electrical capacitor to store and...
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    Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, who because of his earlier friendship with Ewald Christian von Kleist, who fell in battle in 1759, had a particular inclination towards...
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    was first headed by Erich von Manstein in his capacity as commander of the 11th Army and then by Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist as commander of Army Group...
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    with: Jaromar (c. 1267 – c. 1294) selected as Bishop of Cammin Ewald Georg von Kleist (1700–1748), German jurist, Lutheran cleric, physicist and the inventor...
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    electrical energy in large quantities, was invented independently by Ewald Georg von Kleist on 11 October 1744 and by Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1745–1746...
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