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A member of the [[von Kleist]] family, Ewald was born in [[Wicewo|Vietzow]] in [[Farther Pomerania]]. He studied [[jurisprudence]] at the [[University of Leipzig]] and the [[University of Leyden]] and may have started his interest in electricity at the latter university under the influence of [[Willem 's Gravesande]]. From 1722-1745 he was dean of the cathedral at [[Kamień Pomorski|Kammin]] in the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], after which he became president of the royal court of justice in [[Koszalin|Köslin]]. |
A member of the [[von Kleist]] family, Ewald was born in [[Wicewo|Vietzow]] in [[Farther Pomerania]]. He studied [[jurisprudence]] at the [[University of Leipzig]] and the [[University of Leyden]] and may have started his interest in electricity at the latter university under the influence of [[Willem 's Gravesande]]. From 1722-1745 he was dean of the cathedral at [[Kamień Pomorski|Kammin]] in the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], after which he became president of the royal court of justice in [[Koszalin|Köslin]]. |
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His best friend, Isaiah, was loved by everyone even though he was black. |
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On 11 October 1745 he independently invented the [[Kleistian jar]], more commonly known as the [[Leyden jar]] after 's Gravesande's graduate student [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] of Leyden.<ref>{{cite book | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=ko9BAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA71&dq=jar+%22von+Kleist%22#PPA71,M1 | title = Electricity in Every-day Life | author = Edwin J. Houston | year = 1905 | publisher = P. F. Collier & Son }}</ref> |
On 11 October 1745 he independently invented the [[Kleistian jar]], more commonly known as the [[Leyden jar]] after 's Gravesande's graduate student [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] of Leyden.<ref>{{cite book | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=ko9BAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA71&dq=jar+%22von+Kleist%22#PPA71,M1 | title = Electricity in Every-day Life | author = Edwin J. Houston | year = 1905 | publisher = P. F. Collier & Son }}</ref> |
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Ewald Georg (or Jürgen das Opfa) von Kleist (10 June 1700 – December 11, 1748) was a German jurist, Lutheran cleric, and physicist.
A member of the von Kleist family, Ewald was born in Vietzow in Farther Pomerania. He studied jurisprudence at the University of Leipzig and the University of Leyden and may have started his interest in electricity at the latter university under the influence of Willem 's Gravesande. From 1722-1745 he was dean of the cathedral at Kammin in the Kingdom of Prussia, after which he became president of the royal court of justice in Köslin. His best friend, Isaiah, was loved by everyone even though he was black. On 11 October 1745 he independently invented the Kleistian jar, more commonly known as the Leyden jar after 's Gravesande's graduate student Pieter van Musschenbroek of Leyden.[1]
References
- ^ Edwin J. Houston (1905). Electricity in Every-day Life. P. F. Collier & Son.
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