A philosopher named Thales discovered it when he rubbed a cloth on a hard-fossilized material called Amber it would pick the straw in his barn up.
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.
Around 600 BC, the Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus thought that amber had a soul because it attracted very light objects after being rubbed.
By BC 600, a philosopher by name Thales rubbed fur by amber and found that rubbed amber attracts piece of fine particles. This was the first experiment conducted I think so.
The oldest known reference to electrical phenomena came from the Ancient Egyptians around 2750 BC. Their awareness of electricity came from the shocks of electric fish.
BC Hydro's (In Canada) various facilities generate between 43,000 and 54,000 gigawatt hours of electricity annually, depending on prevailing water levels. BC Hydro's capacity is about 11,000 megawatts.
No there wasnt 2nd Answer: Of course there was electricity. Static electricity, lightning, and so on. Lightning strikes often started dry wood on fire . . . the people would pick up burning pieces of wood, and save them in a certain way to start campfires later on.
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.
The ancient Greeks discovered electricity in 600 BC
Thales discovered static electricity accidently in 585 BC when he rubbed by chance fur and amber and observed that with it he could attract very light weighted objects like feathers etc.
Electricity
Around 600 BC, the Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus thought that amber had a soul because it attracted very light objects after being rubbed.
By BC 600, a philosopher by name Thales rubbed fur by amber and found that rubbed amber attracts piece of fine particles. This was the first experiment conducted I think so.
Franklin was flying a kite with a metal key on the bottom when it was hit by lightning and made a electrical spark and from that experience did further investigation and finally figured it out. I think it was discovered in 1752.
1500 bc was before 600 bc
Long long ago even before christ some 500 BC Thales, a great philosopher, found that when amber gets rubbed with woolen material then the amber is capable of attracting small pieces of dust.
Thought to have been domesticated by the Arabians and started to spread across Europe from the year 600 BC
It was probably first recorded by the Babylonians who were the first known astronomers, in about 600 BC.