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600 BCE
First observation of electrical phenomena
In Ancient Greece, Thales of Miletus was the first to observe the electrical properties of amber ("electron" in greek) -
Period: 600 BCE to
History of Electricity
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Discovery of the electrics
In London, England, William Gilbert discovered a number of other materials with the same properties of amber. -
Creation of the word "electricity"
It was coined by Sir Thomas Browne in Norwich, England, and that indicates the property of electric objects -
Indentification of two distinct groups of electrics
In Paris, France, Charles du Fay found that almost all materials could be turned electric (except metals and fluids). He also found two distinct groups of these: two materials from the same group repel and two from different groups attract. -
Theorizing of the electrical fluid
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin said that an object with an excess of this fluild is positively charged, if it has a lack of fluid, it's negatively charged (later it was discovered that it is the opposite). -
Lightning Rod
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Electrolysis
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Ohm's law
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Maxwell's equations
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Light bulb
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Discovery of the electrons
In Cambridge, England, J.J. Thomson discovered small particles that made up the electrical fluid and which George Stoney named electrons.
