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600BC ~Thales, a Greek, found that when amber was rubbed with silk, it became electrically charged and attracted objects. He had originally discovered static electricity. 1600 ~William Gilbert(England) first coined the term electricity fromelektron, the Greek word for amber. Gilbert wrote about the electrification of many substances. He was also the first person to use the terms electric force, magnetic pole, and electric attraction. 1897 ~Joseph John Thomson (England) discovered the electron.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:17:16 +0000

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