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William Gilbert
From the Greek, William Gilbert invented the term electricity. -
Charles Francois du Fay
Charles discovered that electricity has 2 forms. Later, Ben Franklin and Ebenezer Kinnersley changed the name of those forms to positive and negative. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin initiated experimenting electricity in the world through static charges in the air. -
Lightning: A form of electricity
Benjamin uses a lightening rod to show that lightning is a type of electricity. -
James Watt
He measured the power applied by a horse drawing rubbish up an old mind shaft and found it amounted to almost 22,000 featuring-lbs per minute. -
Alessandro Volta
He created the first battery and shows that electricity can be transmitted or travel through wires. -
#1 Energy Company
The 1st energy company ever opens in the US. -
Faraday
Michael Faraday creates the 1st electric motor. -
Motors for factories
the first electric motors are made for factories. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison designed many small electric stations and were developed in the US. -
Nikola Tesla
He believed in a world where poles and power lines do not exist. people called him "a genius." -
Electricity: USA
Most people in the US living in cities or urban areas and 10% of farms were supplied with electricity. -
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The EPA was created for purposes of protecting our planet and make the world more green.