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The document outlines significant contributions to the field of electricity and electromagnetism by various scientists, including Alessandro Volta's invention of the first battery and Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment demonstrating lightning's electrical nature. It also highlights key concepts such as Ohm's Law, Coulomb's Law, and the development of devices like the incandescent lamp and the telephone. The document serves as a historical overview of foundational discoveries and inventions that shaped modern electrical science.

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The document outlines significant contributions to the field of electricity and electromagnetism by various scientists, including Alessandro Volta's invention of the first battery and Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment demonstrating lightning's electrical nature. It also highlights key concepts such as Ohm's Law, Coulomb's Law, and the development of devices like the incandescent lamp and the telephone. The document serves as a historical overview of foundational discoveries and inventions that shaped modern electrical science.

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ALESSANDRO VOLTA

- First BATTERY
- Discovers electricity
- Volt as unit measurement of voltage

JAMES WATT
- Steam engine
- Electrical unit of power

ANDRE – MARIE AMPERE


- Ampere – measurement for current
- Electromagnetism – flow of magnetism
THALES OF MILETUS
- Static electricity
- Amber (fossilized tree resin) was rubbed with fur – attracted to lightweight
like feathers
WILLIAM GILBERT
- Electricus
- Magnetism/earth’s magnetic field
- Electroscope
- Key terms of the word “electricity”

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
- Concept of + and – charges
- Kite experiment (1752) during thunderstorm to prove that lightning can
generate electricity
- Lightning rod

THOMAS SEEBECK
- Seebeck effect (2 different conductive materials)
- Thermal – electrical energy > thermoelectric generator
JAMES PRIESTLY
- The History and Present State of Electricity (1767)

HENRY CAVENDISH
- Mathematical app. to understanding electrical phenomena
- Measure the strength of electrical charges
CHARLES DE COULOMB
- Coulomb’s Law (1785)
- Quantifies the force between two electric charges
- F = [k(q1q2)/r^2] – F of attraction/repulsion is DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to
the product of the magnitude d^2
DANIELL CELL
- (same as his name)
o Electrical chemical that generates electrical energy then a
chemicalreaction

MICHAEL FARADAY
- Electromagnetic induction (generators and transformers; electric and
magnetic field)
CHARLES WHEATSTONE
- Wheatstone Bridge (measures an unknown electrical resistance by balancing
2 legs of a bridge circuit
JOSEPH SWAN
- Worked with Edison
- Incandescent lamp (more practical and long – lasting light source)
JAMES WINSHURST
- X – ray experiment
- Winshurst machine
- Electrostatic generator for high voltage
THOMAS EDISON
- Incandescent light bulb
- Phonograph (1822) -recording to sound as electricity
- 1st electrical power display system (1882)
ALEXANDRO GRAHAM BELL
- Telephone
- Photophone – sound on a beam of light to carry the sound signals wirelessly
o Sound waves – electrical signals – back to sound waves
JJ THOMPSON
- Electrons
- plum pudding
- vacuum tubes
NIKOLA TESLA
- Tesla coil (1891)
- AC system
WILLEM EINTHOVEN
- Electrocardiogram – measuring and recording the electrical impulses
generated by the heart
- Galvanometer – detect the weak electrical signals
- Electrophysiology – electrical prop. of biological cells and tissues
ROBERT VAN DE GRAAFF
- Van de graaff generators (extremely high voltage – millions)
JOHN AMBROSE FLEMING
- first vacuum tube

GEORG OHM
- Ohm’s law (where V is DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to I but INVERSELY
PROPORTIONAL to R)

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