WHO invented ELECTRICTY?

Question

Please don't make any stupid comments, I want to see what people say.

you know what i mean! discovered it or whatever. im doing an essay and i guess i forgot somehow because my book specifically said edison, but now i rember franklin, but ever website says somehting different.

OMG, SHUT UP WITH YOUR FRIKEN EXPLANATION TO ME THAT IT WAS NOT INVENTED, I KNOW THAT, AND IF YOU HAVE TO STOP AND EXPLAIN THAT TO ME THEN YOU HAVE NO LIFE WHATSOEVER. I KNOW IT WAS DISCOVERED IT WAS ALWAYS THERE, ANSWER THE QUESTION OR DON'T LEAVE A COMMENT PLEASE! GOSH, THE NERVE OF STUPID STUPID PEOPLE!

FRANKLIN OR EDISON, DOES THAT CLEAR IT UP?

Answer 1

It's hard to determine exactly what you're asking... asking who invented electricity is a little like asking who invented the sun. Nobody invented it. It's a force that's just about always been around as far as we can determine.

If you want to know when people first became aware of this force, then the answer can't be given with certainty. We can say that ancient Greeks were aware of static electricity. But they may not have been the first. The oldest electrical apparatus known to exist is the 'Bagdad Battery' which may date from as far back as 250 BC (link 1). This all suggests that knowledge of electricity of some sort may be very, very old. And of course even primitive animals are aware of the existance of lightning!

Like much knowledge in history, however, this seems to have been lost (or at least not thought of) for some time.

In modern times, one of the better-known scientists interested in electricity was Benjamin Franklin. He's famous, of course, for his kite-flying experiment (he's lucky it didn't kill him). Though he did advance the field, Franklin was not the first modern experimentor, however.

William Gilbert in the 1600's actually NAMED the electric force, for example (after the Latin word for amber). Many sources actually credit him as the 'father of electricity'. His book is one of the oldest collections of experiments on electricity and mangetism.

There may have been others before him still, but it's difficult to distinguish their work from those of the anciencts. So I'm going to go with Gilbert. I wouldn't credit Franklin with it, myself, and absolutely not Edison.

Answer 2

The ancient Greeks and Parthians knew of static electricity from rubbing objects against fur. The ancient Babylonians may have had some knowledge of electroplating, based on the discovery of the Baghdad Battery, which resembles a Galvanic cell.

Benjamin Franklin conducted extensive research in electricity. His theories on the relationship between lightning and static electricity, including his famous kite-flying experiment, sparked the interest of later scientists whose work provided the basis for modern electrical technology. Most notably these include Luigi Galvani (1737–1798), Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), Michael Faraday (1791–1867), André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), and Georg Simon Ohm (1789-1854). The late 19th and early 20th century produced such giants of electrical engineering as Nikola Tesla, Samuel Morse, Antonio Meucci, Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Werner von Siemens, Charles Steinmetz, and Alexander Graham Bell.

Answer 3

No one invented electricity. It is a natural occurance. Lightning is nothing more than electricity.
People only learned how to use electricity. Most credit either Ben Franklin or Thomas Edison.

Answer 4

The first commercial use of electricity was via morris code which came before Edison. Franklin displayed that an electrical current can be directed but he never harnessed it. So my vote goes to Morris.

Answer 5

Thales, of historic Greek, got here across Static electrical energy, even as William Gilbert first coined the time period "electrical energy." Francis Hauksbee invented the first Neon basic (unknown on the time), even as Franklin basically proved lightning change into created from electrical energy by very nearly frying himself even as he might want to've linked the kite to Francis' globe.

Answer 6

Electricity was not INVENTED, it was discovered !!
Therefore the answer "who invented electricity" depends on your belief in GOD :)

Electricity was used to ignite fire 6000 years before Jesus Christ in Middle East and Greece.
However people regard William Gilbert as the father of Electrical Engineering or Father of Electricity, since he was the first to record the word "Electric" in his publication in 1600.

Answer 7

No person "invented" it. It is a natural phenomenon. People like Fermi and Edison harnessed it.

Answer 8

the first actual recorded battery was in Iraq in the BCE times. It was a chemical type using carbon and copper and a electrolyte of some type. possibly uremic acid. these were actually used for electroplating of gold...history is so amazing!

Answer 9

Well ...no one. It was there all along, but Benjamin Franklin discovered and how it worked, I hoped I helped you!!!

Answer 10

No one invented electricity. Electricity is a natural phenomenon. Asking who invented electricity is like asking who invented water. I guess you could say God...