2007-05-15 07:30:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No one!
That's like asking who discovered water!
Ignore any answers to do with Benjimen Franklin, he didn't discover it! If ANYTHING!
The first people to use a battery were in Bagdad in 250 BC Nearly 2000 years before Ben!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Battery
Read up on it!
2007-05-15 07:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greek philosopher, Thales of Miletus,discovered the attractive power of charged amber in 600 BC
William Gilbert studied electric and non electric materials in16 th century
C.F. duFay in 17 th century, discovered two kind of charges
Benjamin Franklin in 18 th century, named the two charges ' positive ' and ' negative'
2007-05-15 16:58:49 · answer #2 · answered by ukmudgal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ben Franklin
1752
2007-05-15 14:33:14 · answer #3 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋