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Originally Posted by Lucky
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Haha before Franklin we have some dude playing with magnets and a couple of guys shocking themselves with static electricity. My cat could do both of those things.
Franklin was the first one to start trying to find its formal laws and properties and created its place as a scientific field.
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Sigh despite my better judgement since I am almost positive this whole thing is a troll, from the article:
" Otto von Guericke proved that a vacuum could exist. Creating a vacuum was essential for all kinds of further research into electronics. In 1660, Otto von Guericke invented a machine that produced static electricity, this was the first electric generator."
The first giant leap into the study of electricity. Otto Von Guericke made the first electric generator.
"In 1729, Stephen Gray discovered the principle of the conduction of electricity.
In 1733, Charles Francois du Fay discovered that electricity comes in two forms which he called resinous (-) and vitreous (+), now called negative and positive. "
The basic properties of the electricity.
"The leyden jar was invented Holland in 1745 and in Germany almost simultaneously."
The leyden jar was the original capacitor which is an integral component in every modern electrical device.
Ben Franklin discovered lightning and electricity were one and the same. That is about it. Not saying he wasn't a great man. His research on flatulence was marvelous.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fart_Proudly)
Anywho, the biggest pioneers in the area of electricity were Telsa, Eddison and George Ohm. They discovered most of the properties of electricity.