Give me the history of electricity?

Question

history of electricity in sierra Leone and the importance of electricity

Answer 1

The history of electricity, that is the human understanding thereof, dates back to the Ancient Greeks and Parthian civilization, over two thousand years ago. According to Thales of Miletus, writing at around 600 BC, the Greeks had found that rubbing fur on various substances, such as amber, would cause a particular attraction between the two. The Greeks noted that the amber buttons could attract light objects such as hair and that if they rubbed the amber for long enough they could even get a spark to jump.

An object found in Iraq in 1938, dated to about 250 BC and called the Baghdad Battery, resembles a galvanic cell and is believed by some to have been used for electroplating.

Modern
Italian physician Girolamo Cardano returned to the subject of electricity in De Subtilitate (1550)[1], distinguishing, perhaps for the first time, between electrical and magnetic forces. In 1600 the English scientist William Gilbert, in De Magnete, expanded on Cardano's work and coined the modern Latin word electricus from ἤλεκτρον (elektron), the Greek word for "amber".[2] The first usage of the word electricity is ascribed to Sir Thomas Browne in his 1646 work, Pseudodoxia Epidemica.

Gilbert was followed in 1660 by Otto von Guericke, who invented an early electrostatic generator. Hiraga Gennai developed the elekiter in Japan in the mid 18th century. Other pioneers were Robert Boyle, who in 1675 stated that electric attraction and repulsion can act across a vacuum; Stephen Gray, who in 1729 classified materials as conductors and insulators; and C. F. Du Fay, who first identified the two types of electricity that would later be called positive and negative.

The Leyden jar, a type of capacitor for electrical energy in large quantities, was invented at Leiden University by Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1745. William Watson, experimenting with the Leyden jar, discovered in 1747 that a discharge of static electricity was equivalent to an electric current.

In June, 1752, Benjamin Franklin promoted his investigations of electricity and theories through the famous, though extremely dangerous, experiment of flying a kite during a thunderstorm. Following these experiments he invented a lightning rod and established the link between lightning and electricity. If Franklin did fly a kite in a storm, he did not do it the way it is often described (as it would have been dramatic but fatal). It is either Franklin (more frequently) or Ebenezer Kinnersley of Philadelphia (less frequently) who is considered as the establisher of the convention of positive and negative electricity.

Franklin's observations aided later scientists such as Michael Faraday, Luigi Galvani, Alessandro Volta, André-Marie Ampère, and Georg Simon Ohm whose work provided the basis for modern electrical technology. The work of Faraday, Volta, Ampere, and Ohm is honored by society, in that fundamental units of electrical measurement are named after them.

Volta discovered that chemical reactions could be used to create positively charged anodes and negatively charged cathodes. When a conductor was attached between these, the difference in the electrical potential (also known as voltage) drove a current between them through the conductor. The potential difference between two points is measured in units of volts in recognition of Volta's work.

In 1800 Volta constructed the first device to produce a large electric current, later known as the electric battery. Napoleon, informed of his works, summoned him in 1801 for a command performance of his experiments. He received many medals and decorations, including the Legion of Honor.

By the end of the 19th century electrical engineers had become a distinct profession, separate from physicists and inventors. They created companies that investigated, developed and perfected the techniques of electricity transmission, and gained support from governments all over the world for starting the first worldwide electrical telecommunication network, the telegraph network. Pioneers in this field included Werner von Siemens, founder of Siemens AG in 1847, and John Pender, founder of Cable & Wireless.

The late 19th and early 20th century produced such giants of electrical engineering as Nikola Tesla, inventor of the polyphase induction motor; Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph; Antonio Meucci, an inventor of the telephone; Thomas Edison, inventor of the first commercial electrical energy distribution network; George Westinghouse, inventor of the electric locomotive; Charles Steinmetz, theoretician of alternating current; Alexander Graham Bell, another inventor of the telephone and founder of a successful telephone business.

The rapid advance of electrical technology in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries led to commercial rivalries, such as the so-called War of the Currents between Edison's direct-current system and Westinghouse's alternating-current method. Often, concurrent research in widely scattered locations led to multiple claims to the invention of a device or system.

Answer 2

"nikola tesla invented electricity. the reason why americans dont give him the credit because he is not american. look him up."

Ahem, he moved to the United States following his university studies in Europe. In America, he teamed up with Edison for a while and then left to do his own research. Tesla can be credited with being a big part in the development of 3-phase AC power systems, the induction motor and a host of other inventions. Was he a man that America and the rest of the world is indebted to? Yes. Did he invent electricity? No.

Anyway, the very beginning of the "history of electricity" starts at the moment when all the physical laws of the universe began to form (theoretically the Big Bang). So, whoever started the Big Bang invented electricity.

Answer 3

"nikola tesla invented electrical energy. the rationalization why human beings dont provide him the credit because of the fact he's no longer american. look him up." Ahem, he moved to america following his college learn in Europe. In u . s . a . of america, he teamed up with Edison for a on an identical time as and then left to do his very own learn. Tesla might properly be credited with being a huge area interior the form of three-section AC ability structures, the induction motor and a bunch of alternative innovations. became he a guy that u . s . a . of america and something of the worldwide is indebted to? confident. Did he invent electrical energy? No. besides, the very commencing up of the "historic previous of electrical energy" starts on the 2d whilst each and every of the actual rules of the universe began to style (theoretically the vast Bang). So, whoever started the vast Bang invented electrical energy.

Answer 4

Affordable, reliable electricity is fundamental to modern life. It provides clean, safe light around the clock, it cools our homes on hot summer days (and heats many of them in winter), and it quietly breathes life into the digital world we tap into with our smart phones and computers.

Answer 5

nikola tesla invented electricity. the reason why americans dont give him the credit because he is not american. look him up.

Answer 6

look up benjamin franklin first. then sir isac newton . then modern applied electronics for dummies, but do your own research and homework. if not it will tell on your tests.

Answer 7

No prob, here you have it.
Enjoy.

Answer 8

LOL...google it.