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Sees static electricity between amber and feathers.
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Says that everything is made of atoms.
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First uses the word "electricity".
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Invents the first static generator.
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Uses a generator to produce light.
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Accidentally invents a store of static electricity in a jar.
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Suggest that lighting happens because clouds have an electric charge.
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Demonstrates a spark form an electric fish.
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Shows electricity can make the legs of a dead frog twitch.
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Invents the first battery.
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Discovers that electrical currents produce a magnetic field.
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Suggests a link between the size of a current and the size of magnetic fields.
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Demonstrates the first electromagnet.
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Builds the first practical electromagnet.
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Invents the generator.
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Invents the first practical light bulb.
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Builds the first direct current power plant.
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Invents his alternating current electrical supply system.
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Invent the first solar cell.