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A '''Leyden jar''' is an early device for storing power in the form of vitreous and resinous electricity,<ref name= "Fiat Lux">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Fiat Lux]]</ref> being a glass jar with metal foil layered on the outside and inside.<ref name= "Database">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Leyden Jar]]</ref> | A '''Leyden jar''' is an early device for storing power in the form of vitreous and resinous electricity,<ref name= "Fiat Lux">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Fiat Lux]]</ref> being a glass jar with metal foil layered on the outside and inside.<ref name= "Database">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Leyden Jar]]</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
First invented in the town of Leyden in 1745 by a scientist named Pieter van Musschenbroek, they were a great step forward in understanding electricity, for scientists could create electricity, but had nowhere to store it.<ref name= "Database"/> | First invented in the town of {{Wiki|Leiden|Leyden}}, [[Netherlands]] in 1745 by a scientist named {{Wiki|Pieter van Musschenbroek}}, they were a great step forward in understanding electricity, for scientists could create electricity, but had nowhere to store it.<ref name= "Database"/> | ||
Around 1740 inventor [[Benjamin Franklin]] began his experiments with electricity, using it to create and improve devices such as the capacitor and the Leyden jar. <ref name= "Benjamin Franklin Database">''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Database: Benjamin Franklin (Rogue)|Database: Benjamin Franklin]]</ref> On July 1754, he used a series of Leyden jars, in a system he called a "battery", to power a [[Precursor box]] in an experiment for the [[Assassins]], causing it to project a holographic map of the globe.<ref name= "Fiat Lux"/> | Around 1740 [[United States|American]] inventor [[Benjamin Franklin]] began his experiments with electricity, using it to create and improve devices such as the capacitor and the Leyden jar.<ref name= "Benjamin Franklin Database">''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Database: Benjamin Franklin (Rogue)|Database: Benjamin Franklin]]</ref> On July 1754, he used a series of Leyden jars, in a system he called a "battery", to power a [[Isu|Precursor]] [[Precursor box|box]] in an experiment for the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]], causing it to project a [[Isu map|holographic map]] of various [[Temple (Isu)|Temples]] across the [[Earth|globe]].<ref name= "Fiat Lux"/> | ||
During the [[French Revolution]], French scientists began | During the [[France|French]] [[French Revolution|Revolution]], French scientists began experimenting with electricity's supposed ability to induce flight in humans. [[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] knew such a charge would kill the test subject and asked the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] to sabotage the experiment. To this effect, Laplace gave Arno a Leyden jar with a non-lethal electric charge, instructing him to swap it for the one used in the experiment. Arno was able to sneak into the [[College of the Four Nations]] and do so, saving the test subject.<ref name= "Unity">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Flying Boy]]</ref> | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:04, 28 May 2026
A Leyden jar is an early device for storing power in the form of vitreous and resinous electricity,[1] being a glass jar with metal foil layered on the outside and inside.[2]
History[edit | edit source]
First invented in the town of Leyden, Netherlands in 1745 by a scientist named Pieter van Musschenbroek, they were a great step forward in understanding electricity, for scientists could create electricity, but had nowhere to store it.[2]
Around 1740 American inventor Benjamin Franklin began his experiments with electricity, using it to create and improve devices such as the capacitor and the Leyden jar.[3] On July 1754, he used a series of Leyden jars, in a system he called a "battery", to power a Precursor box in an experiment for the Colonial Brotherhood of Assassins, causing it to project a holographic map of various Temples across the globe.[1]
During the French Revolution, French scientists began experimenting with electricity's supposed ability to induce flight in humans. Pierre-Simon Laplace knew such a charge would kill the test subject and asked the French Assassin Arno Dorian to sabotage the experiment. To this effect, Laplace gave Arno a Leyden jar with a non-lethal electric charge, instructing him to swap it for the one used in the experiment. Arno was able to sneak into the College of the Four Nations and do so, saving the test subject.[4]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Fiat Lux
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed III – Database: Leyden Jar
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Database: Benjamin Franklin
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Flying Boy