Leyden
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1. Leyden - Noun
2. Leyden - Proper noun
Meaning
a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620
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A Leyden jar typically consists of a glass jar with metal foil cemented to the inside and the outside surfaces, and a metal terminal projecting vertically through the jar lid to make contact with the inner foil.
Bailey grew up at her family's estate, "Homewood", in the town of Leyden, whose fields and forests in the Black River Valley between the Tug Hill Plateau and Adirondack Mountains provided an ideal environment for the study of natural history.
El-Khazreji, The pearl-strings, Vol. 1, Leyden & London 1906, p. 19. After 1110 the Zurayids thus led a more than 60 years long independent rule in the city, bolstered by the international trade.
A complete and detailed description of the Hebrew manuscript collection of the University of Leyden, primarily the collections of the distinguished Levin Warner, Dutch ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
Colin Leyden, who works on regulatory affairs for the Environmental Defense Fund, said the report tries to “move the goal posts” in the debate over flaring.
Index to English speaking students who have graduated at Leyden university / by Edward Peacock, F.S.A. - London : For the Index society, by Longmans, Green & co. 1883, p. 2, 1136.