Ewald georg von kleist biography of abraham

(b. probably Prussian Pomerania, ca. 1700; d. Köslin [?], Pomerania [now Koszalin, Poland], 11 December 1748)

physics.

Kleist’s father, a district magistrate (Landrat), sent him to the University of Leiden to prepare for his place in the Prussian administrative squirearchy.

He returned, with an interest in science, to become dean of the cathedral chapter at Cammin and a member of the high court of justice (Hofgericht) at Köslin.

E. Georg von Kleist | German clergyman | Britannica

Kleist’s only recorded researches concern electricity, which he began to study in the mid-1740’s, inspired by the electrical flare (the ignition of spirits by sparks) and the spectacular displays introduced by G. M. Bose.

Kleist began the experiments which culminated in the invention of the condenser with attempts to increase the strength and reliability of the flare.

It appears that he tried to build a portable model, and to this end he placed a nail in a “narrow-necked medicine glass” containing alcohol as fuel. He Ewald Georg von Kleist - Wikipedia TYZIV