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Otto von Guericke
Otto von Guericke invented a machine that produced static electricity. -
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle observed electric forces of attraction and repulsion transmitted through vacuum. -
Charles Francois du Fay
In 1733 Charles Francois du Fay found that electricity comes in two forms. -
Peter van Musschenbroek
Peter van Musschenbroek invented the Leyden jar which stored static electricity and could be discharged at once. -
William Watson
William Watson showed how a Leyden jar could be discharged through a circuit. -
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish started mesuring the condutivity of various materials and publishing his results. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin promoted his theory that lightning was electrical, through his experiment of flying a kite during lightning. -
Luigi Galvani
Luigi Galvani established what we now recognize as the electrical basis of nerve impulses by sending electrical shocks to a frog. -
Gaston Plante
Gaston Plante invented ther lead-acid battery: the first ever rechargable battery. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb
