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  At approximately this date Williiam Gilbert finds methods to study static electricity.
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  Benjamin Franklin, sing a key and a kite, displayed lightning electricity.
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  Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction in this year.
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  Dry cell batteries invented in France by G. Leclanche.
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  Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Thomas watson exchange the first-ever succesful transmission by telephone. The first sentence ever spoken over the telephone was said by Bell who said "Watson come; I need you."
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  Thomas Alva Edison patents light bulb.
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  Russlell Ohl introduces and patents the invention of the solar panls.
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  The Sputnik 1 was launched on this date and gave off the strogest radio signal the world had seen.
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  The first robot was invented this year.
