Who discovered electricity-?

Answer 1

That certain objects such as rods of amber could be rubbed with animal fur and attract light objects was known to ancient cultures around the Mediterranean. Thales of Miletos made a series of observations on static electricity around 600 BC By the 1600's, many electricity-related discoveries had been made, such as the invention of an early electrostatic generator, the difference between positive and negative currents, and the classification of materials as conductors or insulators. During the year 1600 an English physician William Gilbert coined the term "electric", from the Greek word elektron (meaning amber: the semiprecious stone made from fossilized pine tree sap), to identify the force that certain substances exert when rubbed against each other.

Benjamin Franklin is said to be the father of electricity, current findings seem to show otherwise. In 1752, Franklin is said to have performed the famous experiment of flying a kite during a thunderstorm, to which led to the discovery that lightning and electricity were somehow related. Modern scientists know this to be something of a tall tale, since being hit by lightning would have been fatal. It's likely that Franklin was actually insulated, away from the path of lightning.

The kite experiment helped Franklin establish a relationship between lightning and electricity, which led to the invention of the lightning rod. Benjamin Franklin went on to investigate other phenomena related to electricity, but many believe that he didn't actually discover its true nature.

In 1800, Italian-born physicist Alessandro Volta constructed the voltaic pile, later known as the electric battery, the first device to produce a steady electric current. It was Volta, not Franklin, who discovered that certain chemical reactions could produce electricity. Volta also created the first transmission of electricity by linking positively-charged and negatively-charged connectors and driving an electrical charge, or current, through them.

It wasn't until 1831 that electricity became viable for use in technology. English scientist Michael Faraday created the electric dynamo, a crude precursor of modern power generators. This invention opened the door to the new era of electricity. A few decades later, in 1879, Thomas Alva Edison invented the practical incandescent light bulb.

The actual power systems we use today were developed by Nikola Tesla. His first power plant is still able to be viewed on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Prior to Edison's invention of the practical incandescent light, Tesla developed and was using florescent lights in his shop.

Answer 2

It's very difficult to ascertain who discovered electricity because there have been discoveries about electricity going back thousands of years. Ancient Greeks discovered you could create a charge through static electricity.

Answer 3

also the Greeks discovered faraday who discovered electrisity