Throughout history there have been many early sources that helped us study static electricity. One of the most earliest sources was the leyden jar. The main idea behind the leyden jar was the concept was to store electrical energy, most likely between two conductors. This device was invented by the brilliant Pieter van Musschenbroek in the year of 1745. It later became credited as the first capacitor, but was first referred to as a condenser. After energy was stored, it could be used to charge something. A leyden jar would have looked like the following.
Another notable invention was the Wimshurst Machine. This was a device that was created by James Wimshurst. It was invented around the year 1880. Unlike the other device, this one was used to generate electricity, not store it. It would later be referred to as an electrostatic generator. It was designed to have two roatating discs which allowed a current of electrons to be transferred between. Both of these inventions were notable in the field of electricity.
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