Giuliano Colla wrote:
Il 15/10/2014 00:14, Graeme Geldenhuys ha scritto:
On 2014-10-14 06:11, Vincent Snijders wrote:
It is not in Amsterdam, but in Leiden.
I knew that, but 99.9% of the people have probably never heard of
Leiden, so considering that Amsterdam is 15 minutes away I listed the
more well known city. :)
You underestimate the list readers!
Whoever has taken an elementary course in physics has learned about the
Leiden bottle, or Leiden jar, the grand-grandfather of modern
capacitors! :-)
You beat me to it :-) Although in the UK they're more frequently spelt
"Leyden".
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