eletric vocabulary

By ianpadilla
  • 600 BCE

    First electrical phenomena

    Thales discovers that amber (electron in greek) when rubbed with fur can pick up straw

  • Electrics

    Gilbert discoreves that other materials have the same properties of amber and called them electrics

  • Electricity

    Browne coins the Term electricity.Electric objects have properties of electricity

  • Discovery of more Electrics

    Du Fay discover that there are 2 groups of elecrits . Two electrics from the same grops repell,two from different groups attracts

  • Battery

    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

  • Electrons

    Thompson discover electrical fluid is made of particles and called the electrons