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From the writings of Thales of Miletus it appears that Westerners knew as long ago as 600 B.C. that amber becomes charged by rubbing.
William Gilbert in 1600 described the electrification of many substances and coined the term electricity from the Greek word for amber. As a result, Gilbert is called the father of modern electricity.
In 1660 Otto von Guericke invented a crude machine for producing static electricity. It was a ball of sulfur, rotated by a crank with one hand and rubbed with the other.
Ben Franklen used a key and a kite in the end he got zapped by the lightning
Sorry, but the answers above are wrong. Electricity is a form of energy, there for it cannot be created or destroyed. So, nobody invented electricity.
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I agree with you but the point is who first got the idea that electricity exist and what it is.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoIn 1750 (the 18th century), Benjamin Franklin published a proposal for an experiment to prove lightning to be electricity. Franklin identified positive and negative charges, and identified conservation of charge in electricity.
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∙ 11y agoelectricity dates back far before modern civilization, it is believed that even Isaac newton experimented with electricity, but modern day era rediscovered electricity in 1865 by Benjamin Franklin
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∙ 12y agoelectricity was invented by Thomas Edison in the 30s and it took him 1000 try's before he succeed
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∙ 15y agoHe did not invent or discover electricity. It was already known. He was one of the ones that helped bring it into everyday life.
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∙ 9y agoAllessandro Volta discovered electricity in 1800. He was the very first person to create a steady current of electricity via the voltaic pile.
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∙ 13y agoIt was discovered by ben Franklin in the 1700s
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∙ 14y agoWell, by the 17th century many electricity discoveries were made.
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Who was the first to invent electricity?
No one invented electricity. However if you are asking who discovered and proved electricity, this would be Benjamin Franklin.
Who signed declaration of independence and discovered electricity?
Ben Franklin, but he didn't "discover electricity". He proved that electricity was in the natural world.
When did Thomas Edison discovor electrcity?
First of all Thomas Edison did not discover electricity. He discovered the light bulb! Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity you dumb head, and that was in 1752. >:(
When was electricity discovered and where?
it was discovered in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in so told 1762
How old was Benjamin Franklin when he invented electricity?
Benjamin Franklin did not discover electricity, but simply discovered that lightning was electricity.
When did electricity get discovered?
In the 200th century .
Why were most metal found during the 19 century?
electricity was discovered, so they could use electrolysis
Was electricity invented or discovered?
Discovered by Ben then created
Who discovered electricity not static electricity?
Albert Edison is the one who discovered electricity.
Who discovered how to make static electricity?
The effects of static electricity were first discovered by the Greeks. In the sixth century BC the Greek philosopher Thales found that amber, when rubbed with fur, could attract little pieces of dry straw.
Most important inventions?
One of the most important inventions is the penicillin which was discovered in 1928. Another very important invention was the invention of compass, which was discovered by ancient China in the 9th century.
Where was electricity discovered?
im not surei think it was in GreeceBenjamin Franklinthe electricity was discovered in Greece
What did Albert Einstein say when he discovered electricity?
Ben Franklin discovered electricity. Not Albert Einstein.
What will happen if there's no electricity?
we have no light! when electricity is not discovered!
What is the direct object in the sentence 'Who discovered electricity'?
The word "electricity" is the direct object in the sentence "Who discovered electricity?" The direct object receives the action of the verb, which in this case entails what was being discovered.
Who discovered electristy?
Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity
What was used before electricity was discovered?
what was electricity used for when it was dicovered
