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William Gilbert
English Scientist William Gilbert made a study on electricity and magnetism, distinguishing the lodestone effect from the static electricity created by rubbing amber. Used the Latin word "electricus" or "like amber" to describe the force. -
English word "Electricity"
English words "electric" and "electricity" made their first appearances in Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica, -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin is said to have attached a metal key to a kite string in a thunderstorm and saw sparks jumping from the key to his hand, confirming that lightning was an electrical force. -
Luigi Galvani
Luigi Galvani published his study on bioelectricity, saying that electricity passes through nerve cells. -
Alessandro Volta's Battery
Alessandro Volta created a battery out of zinc and copper. -
Telegraph
Smauel Soemmering created the first telegraph. -
Electric Motor
Electric Motor invented by Michael Faraday. -
Georg Ohm
Georg Ohm mathematically analyzed the electrical circuit. -
Tesla Coil
Tesla Coil created by Nikola Tesla. -
First Video Game
Cathose Ray Tube Amusement Device patented by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann. -
Paralysis Reversed by Electricity
Rob Summers was implanted with an electronic stimulation device which allowed him to stand independently after being paralyzed. -
3 Million Electric Cars
IDC Energy Insights predicts there will be 3 Million electric cars on the road by 2015.
