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The Acient Greeks used a natural form of electricity before it was even studied. They found that if they rubbed a piece of cloth with amber, it would attract and move some light objects. They used static electricity .
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In 1752, Bejamin Franklin flew a kite with a key attached to a string. What's odd is that he flew it during a lightning storm! This proved that lightning was actually electricity and could be used to provide energy.
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The wet cell battery was invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800. A wet cell is a combination of zinc and silver disks covered in acid.
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Hans Chrstian Oersted discovered that electrical currents create magnetic field. This is an important part in electromagnetism.
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The transormer was invented by Michael Faraday in 1831. It is a device that is used to change the voltage of an electrical current. Back in 1821, he also invented the first electric motor.
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Luigi Galvani noticed that a dead frog's leg muscles twitched when electicity touched it. He thought that a human body must have a fluid to make muscles move, just like electricity made the frog's muscles move.
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The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. His phone worked by coverting sound into electricity and then back into sound.
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The Graphophone was invented in by Alexander Graham Bell. It worked by recording sounds on wax cylinders and using electricity to play the sounds. The graphophone was used for entertainment; however, each of the wax cylinders had to be recorded separately, making recording the same sounds impossible.
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On October 22, 1879, Thomas Edison perfected the lightbulb. He did not invent it, jus improved it. These new lightbulbs lasted longer, and were easier to produce . They also made life a lot easier.
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In 1882 the electric stove was invented.The inventor was Thomas Ahearn. The electric stove helped people cook food by means of electricity but took some time to catch on.
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the electric organ was invented by Frabk morse Robb in Ontario, Canada. He gave a demonstration in 1927 and was granted a patent in 1928.
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John Hopps invented the Heart Pacemaker in 1950. The Pacemaker worked by sending a jolt of electricity to the heart to revive it.
