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600 BCE
Ancient Greek, Thales, discovers static electricity
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400 BCE
Greek philosopher, Democritus, developed the concept of an atom
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Benjamin Franklin uses his famous experiment with his kite and lightning to prove that static electricity and lightning are the same
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Electromagnetism is discovered
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Michael Faraday introduces electrolysis, a way of using electricity to separate compounds
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James Maxwell discovered light is an electromagnetic wave
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Maxwell - Created the electromagnetic theory - light is made of electromagnetic waves, made equations to support his theory
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Joseph Swan + Thomas Edison invent the lightbulb
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Crookes - Studied electrical activity and cathode rays, leading him to believe in the existence of negatively charged particles, inspiring others to study these rays more in depth
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George Stoney first suggested the name electron for units of electricity
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JJ Thomson experiments and confirms the existence of these electrons
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Thomson - experimented with cathode rays to discover and prove the existence of small, negatively-charged particles, electrons - established particle level of electricity
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Millikan - in an oil-drop experiment, he found out how to determine the magnitude of negative charge in electrons
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Bohr - Created an atomic model where electrons orbit the nucleus
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deBroglie - Proposed that electrons travel like a wave and not a simple circular path
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Schrodinger - After hearing the theory that electrons travelled in waves, he proposed a wave equation to calculate the energy levels of electrons. Discovered the electron cloud.
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Tim Lee combined electronic networks to create the Internet