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THALES OF MILETUS
He discovered thet when he rubbed amber with a piece of wool or fur,the amber attracted straw and feathers

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WILLIAM GILBERT He studied the properties of magnets and he discovered the laws of attraction and repulsion between amber and magnets.He was the first person to use the world “electric”.He discovered that the Earth is a giant magnet

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WILLIAM GILBERT He studied the properties of magnets and he discovered the laws of attraction and repulsion between amber and magnets.He was the first person to use the world “electric”.He discovered that the Earth is a giant magnet

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OTTO VON GUERICKE
Guericke invented the first electric generator wich produced static electricity.The machine had a globe and when he rubbed it,it produced an electric spark

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Franklin proved that lightning is a form of electricity,He tied an iron rod to the silk string of a kite.At the end of the string he put a key.During a thunderstorm,lighting travelled down the string and charged the key

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ALESSANDRO VOLTA
Volta built the first battery,This produced the first continous flow of electricity.The invention of the battery encoraged other scientists to investigate practical uses for electricity

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He introduced the alternating current generator which produced the first long distance distribution of electricity.We still use the electrical system Tesla developed today.

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Oersted discovered electromagnetism.He observed thet the needle of a compass moved when it was near an electric current

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Edison and Joseph Swan developed the first incandescent light bulb

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-He built the first electric motor.He discovered that moving a magnet inside a coil of cooper wire produced a small electric current throught the wire.