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Who discovered electricity? When was it discovered? Puzzled? Run through article to find more ... History of Electricity - When was Electricity Invented ?. ... The question, 'who invented electricity?' does not have a one word answer. The invention of electricity was rather a chain of inventions that paved a path for use...
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www.buzzle.com/articles/history-of-electricity-when-was-electricity-invented.html
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ger i asked when was electricity invented at ask com and it told me to go here if i wanted to know when electricity was intvented and it didn't tell me what a wasted of 5 min.! GER ... no one invented electricity, it was already there. harnessing it is a different story.
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Well, no one really "invented" electricity, but you can ask who discovered it. While people have known about the powerful effects of lightning for thousands of years, the first person to discover that lightning was a naturally occuring form of electricity was Benjamin Franklin.
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wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_discovered_electricity_and_when
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600 B.C. Thales of Miletus writes about amber becoming charged by rubbing, he described what we now call static electricity. Additionally, this is a discovery and not an invention .
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_electricity_invented
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In 1660 Otto von Guericke invented a crude machine for producing static electricity. It was a ball of sulfur, rotated by a crank with one hand and rubbed with the other. Successors, such as Francis Hauksbee, made improvements that provided experimenters with a ready source of static electricity.
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www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0857938.html
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Actually, Ben's interest in electricity was not just limited to lightning. He received an electricity tube from his friend Peter Collinson and began to play around with it, performing experiments. However, it is Ben's interest in lightning that we best remember.
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sln.fi.edu/franklin/scientst/electric.html
sln.fi.edu/franklin/scientst/electric.html
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Although he made important discoveries and advancements, Ben did not "invent" electricity. He did, however, invent the lightning rod which protected buildings and ships from lightning damage. ... The furnace stove that he invented is called a Franklin stove. Interestingly enough, Ben also established the first fire company...
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sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html
sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html
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Electricity was discovered, not invented, during the 18th Century. The political situation was a bit fluid; this was the height of the Enlightenment and the American and French Revolutions were not far off. ... It was also a time in which amateur scientists could make contributions rivaling those of professionals.
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www.madsci.org/posts/archives/apr99/924533246.Sh.r.html
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