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600 BCE
Thales the Miletus
Thales the Miletus was important because he was the first to discover static electricity by rubbing objects on the skin of animals -
William Gilbert
William Gilbert is important that the first magnetic investigating bodies,outlines the modern theory, but research remained limited to the production of machines for producing friction and how to use this energy. -
Pieter van Musschenbroek
Pieter van Musschenbroek, a physicist and mathematician in the Netherlands, invents what is later called the Leyden jar. The Leiden jar is a simple widget that can store static electricity in large quantities. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin conducted an experiment, he used a kite fitted with a metal wire attached to a silk thread, according to the assumption, was charged with electricity captured by wire. During the storm, walked hand in a key that hung from the silk thread, and observed that the same experiments with bottles of Leyden had done previously, sparks, which demonstrated the presence of electricity. This discovery allowed him to invent the lightning rod -
Luigi Galvani
Luigi Galvani was famous for his research on the effects of electricity in the nerves and muscles of the animal, could see a new phenomenon observed in contact with two electrically charged metal thigh muscle is contracted, it was first experimental observation of the relationship between electricity and lively movement. This discovery was the first basic understanding of electricity. -
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse is famous because soy tonto he was the inventor of the telegraph using the Morse code language. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was famous because he was the discoverer of the DC, in addition also was the inventor of the bulb. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited as the inventor of the first practical mobile phone. -
Nikola Tesla
In the year 1882 physicist, mathematician, inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla, designed and built the first AC induction motor. -
The War of the Currents
The War of the Currents was an economic and technological competition produced in the 1880s, due to the control of the incipient market of the generation and distribution of electric energy. Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison became opponents, due to the promotion of Edison's direct current created General Electric for the distribution of electric power and which in turn was against the alternating current advocated by George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla
