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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.
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Who discovered lighting was elecricity?
The ancient Greeks discovered electricity in 600 BC
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.
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 did Benjamin Franklin discover static electricity?
Benjamin Franklin was not the discoverer of static electricity. Although, he did give a history recorded presentation of it. Static electricity can be dated back to the 6th century BC, by Thales of Miletus, a Greek philospher. One of the first machines to artificially produce it was called "the friction generator" developed by Otto von Guericke in the 17th century. Franklin presented it again to the public in 1750. See the related link for more information.
How do you take away static electricity?
By Touching it with the Earth. -Nilanjan Debnath
When was static electricity first discovered?
i have no idea? i know that thales was the first to discover static electricity.
Who discovered electricity not static electricity?
Albert Edison is the one who discovered electricity.
How was electricity invetend?
Thales of miletus conducted first experiments on static electricity.Then we can say that it was he how discovered electricity
Where was static electricity discovered?
in ancient greece
Who discovered static electricity and how?
It has been found that thomas r becket has been the discoverer of not only static electricity but also 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.
Who was the greek philosopher that discovered static electricity?
archimedes
How was static electricity discovered?
William Gilbert was bored and decided to invent something new. He found cords and stuff and invented static electricity
What year was electricity discovered exactly?
In 600 B.C ,the Ancient Greeks discovered that rubbing fur on amber caused an attraction between the two and so what the Greeks discovered was static electricity.
When did thales of milletus discover electricity?
Thales discovered static electricity by rubbing a peice of amber against a silk cloth.
Why can static electricity not to be used to run a television?
static electricity is static electricity
Is static electricity not really static?
Static electricity is static. It's just shortened.
