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Believing lightning is a flow of electricity taking place
in nature, Benjamin Franklin tests his
theory, fastening an iron spike to a
silk kite and holding the end of the kite
string by an iron key during a
thunderstorm. Lightning flashes, and
a tiny spark jumps from the key to
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Humphry Davy English physicist) discovers the electric arc – a luminous flame of electricity that to leaps across space without benefit of a conductor.
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Hans Christian Oersted of Denmark holds a magnetic compass near a current-carrying wire which he son used to discover electromagnetism.
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English physicist Michael Faraday succeeds in building the first electric motor. He discovers when a magnet is moved within a coil of copper wire a small electric current flows through the wire.
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As technology progresses the percentage of electric car users skyrockets and flying cars are being constructed and put into use as well.
