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electricty
600 B.C.
Thales of Miletus writes about amber becoming charged by rubbing - he was describing what we now call static electricity.
1600
English scientist, William Gilbert first coined the term "electricity" from the Greek word for amber. Gilbert wrote about the electrification of many substances in his "De magnete, magneticisique corporibus". He also first used the terms electric force, magnetic pole, and electric attraction.
1660
Otto von Guericke invented a machine that produced static el -
electricty
600 BC - Thales of Miletus writes about amber becoming charged by rubbing - he was describing what we now call static electricity. 900 BC - Magnus, a Greek shepherd, walks across a field of black stones which pull the iron nails out of his sandals and the iron tip from his shepherd's staff (authenticity not guaranteed). This region becomes known as Magnesia. 600 BC - Thales of Miletos rubs amber (elektron in Greek) with cat fur and picks up bits of feathers. 1269 - Petrus Pereg