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Thales of Miletos deduced that friction made amber magnetic, unlike some other minerals.
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Studied electricity and magnetism, and distinguished lodestone effect from static electricity made from rubbing amber. Gave rise to the words "electric' and "electricity".
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Benjamin Franklin decided to fly a kite with a key attached to it during a thunderstorm to prove that lightning sparks share similarities. He performed this experiment after some others in France.
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Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. Originally invented by Luigi Aloisio Galvani, but improved by Michael Faraday later on.
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Luigi Galvani discovered bioelectricity. Showed that nerve cells passing signals to muscles is a form of electricity.
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Alessandro Volta created the first battery, as the result of a professional disagreement with his colleague Galvani. Consisted of two electrodes, one made of zinc and the other copper.
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Generation of energy in a wire, producing an electric current.
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He created the Photophone, which allowed for transmissions of sound and conversion of a beam of light. World's first wireless telephone.
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Albert Einstein est theoretic foundation for lasers for absorbtion and emmision of electromagnetic radiation.
