Events
600 BC
Discovered that by rubbing amber with fur cloth, a static electric charge was produced1792 -
Discovered that electricity can be transported through conductive wires.1733 -
Charles Francois discovered positive and negative charge.1788 -
William Watson made the first low-pressure gas glow discharge within and evacuated glass tube this became the foundation for the flourescent light.1766 -
Jospeh Priestly worked out that the electric force law is an inverse square law.1780 - Galvani discovered touching a dead frog with a metal knife resulted in the muscles twitching.1793 -
Volta began making the first batteries.1800 -
William Nicholson and Anthony Carlisle managed to separate water into its main components through the process of electrolysis.1800 -
Volta assembled a series of metal plates separated by soaked strips of cardboard, known as the voltaic pile, it produced larger electrical currents rather than single cells1907 -
Humphrey Davy proved that Voltas voltaic pile produced electricity through chemical reactions.1812 -
Simeon Poisson showed that the charge on a conductor must reside on the surface and result in zero charge within the conductor.1820 -
Hans Christian Oertsted observed magnetic effects of an electric current in a wire.1820 -
Andre Ampere showed that parallel conductors carrying currents moving in the same direction attract each other while currents moving in opposite directions repel.1820 -
Jean Baptiste Biot and Felix Savart showed that the magnetic field accompanying a current was perpendicular to the direction of motion of the current.1826 -
Georg Simon Ohm established 'Ohms Law'1848-1849 -
Gustav Kirchhoff extended Ohm’s work to conduction in three.1878 -
Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan invented the filament light globe.1886 -
Nikola Tesla invented the AC generator1881 -
First public power supply was built1805 - Invention of solar panels1930-1940
Electrical appliances available for homes1956 -
First mass scale nuclear power plantNew
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