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When Ben Franklin tied a key to the string of a kite he proved that static electricity and lighting were the same.
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Alessandro Volta invented the first electric battery. The volt was named after him.
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Humphry Davy invented the first effective arc lamp.
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The first electric motor was invented by Michael Faraday.
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Georg Ohm defined the relationship between power, voltage, current and resistance in Ohms Law.
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THe electric relay was invented by Joseph Henry, it is used to send electrical currents long distances.
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Charles Brush invented the open coil dynamo or generator that could produce a steady current of electricity.
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An AC powerline that transmits power 20 miles from Niagra Falls to Buffalo, had succeeded.
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The electron was discovered by Joseph John Thomson.
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Photoelectric cells were discovered.