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600 BCE
Talete of Miletus
Discovers that a piece of amber, when rubbed with fur, can pick up pieces of straw. -
William Gilbert
Notices that some materials can display the attractive properties of amber and not only straw can be attracted. -
Thomas Browne
Coins the word "electricity". -
Charles Du Fay
Distinguishes two groups of electrics. -
Benjamin Franklin
Invents the battery, understands electricity like a fluid and coins the terms "positively and negatively charged". -
Lightning rod is invented
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Electrolysis is discovered
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Ohm's law
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Maxwell's equations
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Light bulb is invented
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J. J. Thomson
Discovers that electrical fluid is made up of particles and that electrons flow in the opposite diraction to what Franklin supposed.
