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Discovers that a piece of amber, when rubbed with fur, can pick up pieces of straw.
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Notices that some materials can display the attractive properties of amber and not only straw can be attracted. -
Coins the word "electricity". -
Distinguishes two groups of electrics. -
Invents the battery, understands electricity like a fluid and coins the terms "positively and negatively charged". -
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Discovers that electrical fluid is made up of particles and that electrons flow in the opposite diraction to what Franklin supposed.
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