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Period: 700 BCE to
then and now
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600 BCE
the discovery
when some antient greeks found that rubbing some fur on amber caused a pull between the two we now know as static electricity -
its new name
in the 1600s william gilbert called it electricus a word with a latin background to explain the force static electricity -
Benjamin Franklin
this is when he conducted his experiment that showed lightning and static and electric sparks were the same thing -
constant charge
Benjamin invented one of the first present day batteries that cept a continuous flow of electricity -
powered up
electricity was usable to use in electronic when Michael Faraday made a power generator
