No, not at all. Static electricity was known to the ancient Greeks.
Thales discovered static electricity by rubbing a peice of amber against a silk cloth.
Electrical properties of matter were discovered in the early 1800's, including static and dynamic effects (Michael Faraday did a lot of this), but large scale generation did not start until around 1880, by Edison.
He stumbled upon the discover accidentally while working with electricity in the lab
Thales of Miletus is said to have discovered static electricity around 600 BCE. He observed that when amber was rubbed with fur, it attracted lightweight objects like feathers.
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Static electricity was first discovered in ancient Greece around 600 BCE by Thales of Miletus when he observed that amber (a fossilized tree resin) could attract lightweight objects after being rubbed.
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No, static electricity does not have a smell.
Static electricity constitutes of charges that are static i.e. they do not move.
You can move things with static electricity!