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200 BCE
Static Electricity
Thales discovered Static electricity by rubbing animal fur on amber.[12] -
Learning Lightning is electrical
He explained how Leyden Jars worked and how lightning was electrical by his flying kite experiment.[1] -
Battery
Alessandro Volta invented the battery[3] -
Electromagnetism
Hans Christian Ørsted discovered that the electric field caused the magnetic field to deflect needles.[4] -
Electricity and Magnetism
André-Marie Ampère published his theories on electricity and magnetism along with the right-hand screw rule.[4] -
Creation of Ohm's Law
George Ohm introduced electrical resistance and its relationship with respect to current and voltage. [6] -
Law of induction
Michael Faraday was the first to publish rotatory motion by the interaction of an electric current and a magnetic field. [7] -
Incandescent light bulb
Thomas Edison made the first public demonstration of his incandescent light bulb in Menlo Park. [10] -
Alternating Current
Nikola Tesla developed an alternating current motor and a system of AC power generation.[11] -
War of Currents
Thomas Edison spread fake stories about Tesla's alternating current(AC) being unsafe. But, at Chicago's World Fair in 1893, AC was used to power 100,000 electric lights and became the established power supply in America. [2] -
Hydroelectric power generators
Nikola Tesla's hydroelectric power generators at Niagara Falls came into operation supplying electricity to New York City. [8] -
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Electrical household appliances
Radios, vacuum cleaners, irons, and fridges were becoming part of every household [9] -
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References
[1] https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/franklin-flies-kite-during-thunderstorm
[2] https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_warcur.html
[3] https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200603/history.cfm
[4] http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01437c.htm
[5] http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/Electricity/Electromagnet/Electromagnet.html
[6] https://ethw.org/Ohm%27s_Law
[7] https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4394972/Faraday-discovers-electromagnetic-induction--August -
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