Physics

  • Jan 1, 1088

    Chinese scientist Shen Kou wrote of the magnetic needle compass

  • Benjamin Franklin discovered charge.

  • Various physicists started working on the electrostatic machine

  • Alessandro Volta constructed what is now called the electric battery.

  • Electromagnetic Induction was discovered.

  • The carbon fibre filament light bulb was invented by Joseph W. Swan.

  • The term 'electron' was coined by George Stoney.

  • Incandescent lamps were invented.

  • American physicist Robert Van de Graaff invented made an electrostatic generator, which was named after him.

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