Most important events in the discovery of Electricity

By smit2873
  • 1600 BCE

    The name electricity came to be known

    William Gilbert first coined the term "electricity" from the Greek word for amber

  • The name electricity came to be known

    William Gilbert first coined the term "electricity" from the Greek word for amber.

  • first machine with electricity

    Otto von Guericke invented the machine that produced static electricity.

  • The first electric machine

    Otto von Guericke invented the first electric generator, which produced static electricity by applying friction against a revolving ball of sulfur.

  • Discovery of the conduction of electricity.

    Stephen Gray discovered the conduction of electricity

  • Finding of positive and negative charges

    Charles Francois du Fay discovered that electricity comes in two forms which he called resinous(-) and vitreous(+)

  • Finding that lightning was electricity

    Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod - he demonstrated lightning was electricity.

  • First electric battery

    Alessandro Volta also proved that electricity could travel over wires.

  • Relationship between magnetism and electricity founded

    Finds of how the electrical currents affected the needle on a compass.Marie Ampere also discovered that a coil of wires acted like a magnet when a current is passed through it