Electricity Timeline
القصة المصورة الوصف
Who invented Electricity? When was electricity first used? Create a timeline of electricity
نص القصة المصورة
- THALES OF MILETUS
- ELECTRICITY MILESTONES
- Thales found that if amber was rubbed with animal fur, it could attract light objects such as a feather or seeds. This is due to what we now know as static electricity.
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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- Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightning and electricity were the same using a kite, a key, and a leyden jar (an early capacitor).
- LUIGI GALVANI
- ALESSANDRO VOLTA
- Galvani found that he could make frogs legs move when they were connected to different types of metals.
- MICHAEL FARADAY
- Alessandro Volta created the first battery. The voltaic pile produced a current and was made by stacking different metals separated by paper that had been soaked in a salt solution.
- Faraday discovered electromagetic induction by passing a magnet through a coil of wire. The unit for capacitance, the Farad, is named after him.
- FIRST TOWN WITH A PUBLIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
- Godalming was the first town in the world to have a public electricity supply. A generator was connected to a waterwheel.
- Image Attributions:Wooden Board. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/knutburmeister/3635170982/) - Knut Burmeister - License: Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
المشمولات صورة
- Wooden Board. - Knut Burmeister - (رخصة Attribution )
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