static electricity

  • Dec 14, 600

    1st static electricity described

    600 BC Thales of Miletus writes about amber becoming charged by rubbing. what we now call static electricity.
  • Dec 14, 600

    Cat Fur 600BC

    Thales of Miletos rubs amber with cat fur and picks up bits of feathers.
  • Dec 14, 900

    900 BC

    Magnus, a Greek shepherd walks across a field of black stones which pulls the iron nails out of his sandals and the iron tip from his shepherd's staff. This region becomes known as Magnesia.
  • 1660

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