The Greeks discovered that if amber was rubbed it could produce sparks. They thought it was a special property of amber. The Greek word for amber was Elektron, hence the modern word.
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The ancient Greeks understood magnets but since they did not have a source of electricity, they did not use electromagnets. They did make compasses.
No -- electricity has been known about and studied at least since the time of the ancient Greeks, and basic ideas about its nature predated Franklin by a few decades. All that Franklin showed was that lightning was a type of electricity, and thus could be handled the same way. From this he developed the lightning rod.
The first recorded use of electricity in history was in 600 BC by the ancient Greeks, who discovered static electricity by rubbing amber.
You can't discover an invention. And the Greeks didn't wear undergarments the way we do.
No, not at all. Static electricity was known to the ancient Greeks.
The universe was discovered by ancient Greeks and Indians, when theories of an impersonal universe governed by physical laws were first proposed.
The Ancient Greeks, Or just Greeks. They tied Loadstone to a String.
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The ancient Greeks understood magnets but since they did not have a source of electricity, they did not use electromagnets. They did make compasses.
No one discovered them because they don't exist. They are from ancient myths of the Greeks and Celts.
He did not need to discover that as it was already known by the ancient Greeks.
No -- electricity has been known about and studied at least since the time of the ancient Greeks, and basic ideas about its nature predated Franklin by a few decades. All that Franklin showed was that lightning was a type of electricity, and thus could be handled the same way. From this he developed the lightning rod.
The first recorded use of electricity in history was in 600 BC by the ancient Greeks, who discovered static electricity by rubbing amber.
Albert Einstein did not discover electricity. Electricity has been known since ancient times and was studied by many scientists before Einstein. Einstein's famous work was in theoretical physics, particularly in the areas of general relativity and quantum mechanics.
Benjamin Franklin was the first to discover electricity.
Because that was there main route of Transportation. And it help them discover more lands.