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dec 30, 575 BC - Thales of Miletus observations

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Thales of Miletus made some observations on static electricity around 600 BCE, from which he believed that the friction of amber (magnetic) and a mineral such as magnetite, which needed no friction.

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dec 30, 575 BC
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~ 2604 years ago

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