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Thales discovers that amber (electron in greek) when rubbed with fur can pick up straw
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Gilbert discoreves that other materials have the same properties of amber and called them electrics
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Browne coins the Term electricity.Electric objects have properties of electricity
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Du Fay discover that there are 2 groups of elecrits . Two electrics from the same grops repell,two from different groups attracts
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Franklin groups electric machines and calls it battery.
He thinks every object has a electric fluid , things with a an excess of fluid are positively charged and things lacking it are negatively charged -
Thompson discover electrical fluid is made of particles and called the electrons