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the discovery of electricity and how people utilize it

By externzon
  • Period: 700 BCE to

    then and now

  • the discovery
    600 BCE

    the discovery

    when some antient greeks found that rubbing some fur on amber caused a pull between the two we now know as static electricity
  • its new name

    its new name

    in the 1600s william gilbert called it electricus a word with a latin background to explain the force static electricity
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    this is when he conducted his experiment that showed lightning and static and electric sparks were the same thing
  • constant charge

    constant charge

    Benjamin invented one of the first present day batteries that cept a continuous flow of electricity
  • powered up

    powered up

    electricity was usable to use in electronic when Michael Faraday made a power generator