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Electricity is a form of energy that exists in nature. Since electricity occurs in nature it was not invented. So, let us find out “ Who discovered the electricity?”. Electricity was discovered and understood by many scientists. Benjamin Franklin is given the credit for discovering electricity. In the year 1752, Benjamin Franklin conducted an experiment using a kite and key on a rainy day. He wanted to demonstrate the relationship between lightning and electricity. He flew the kite tied with a key during the thunderstorm. As he expected, the electricity from the storm clouds transferred to the key and he got a shock.
After the revelations of Franklin’s experiment, many scientists started building upon his work and started studying and understanding the concept of electricity. Scientists have found evidence that ancient people had experimented with electricity much before Franklin’s discovery of electricity. In 600 BC, the ancient Greeks found static electricity by rubbing fur on amber. In the year 1600, English physician William Gilbert used the word “electricus” to explain the force between the objects when they are rubbed with each other.
The first practical application of electricity was the invention of electric dynamo by Michael Faraday in the year 1831. This set an electrical revolution around the world. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in the year 1878. In the late 1800s, Nikola Tesla invented alternating current and induction motor.
The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered in the 1820s and early 1830s by British scientist Michael Faraday. His method, still used today, is for electricity to be generated by the movement of a loop of wire, or Faraday disc, between the poles of a magnet. Central power stations became economically practical with the development of alternating current (AC) power transmission, using power transformers to transmit power at high voltage and with low loss.
Commercial electricity production started in 1873[citation needed] with the coupling of the dynamo to the hydraulic turbine. The mechanical production of electric power began the Second Industrial Revolution and made possible several inventions using electricity, with the major contributors being Thomas Alva Edison and Nikola Tesla. Previously the only way to produce electricity was by chemical reactions or using battery cells, and the only practical use of electricity was for the telegraph.
Electricity generation at central power stations started in 1882, when a steam engine driving a dynamo at Pearl Street Station produced a DC current that powered public lighting on Pearl Street, New York. The new technology was quickly adopted by many cities around the world, which adapted their gas-fueled street lights to electric power. Soon after electric lights would be used in public buildings, in businesses, and to power public transport, such as trams and trains.
The first power plants used water power or coal.[1] Today a variety of energy sources are used, such as coal, nuclear, natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and oil, as well as solar energy, tidal power, and geothermal sources.
The Discovery Of Electricity By Benjamin Franklin.
In 1752, Benjamin Franklin ran his famous kite experiment that sparked the discovery of electricity. As a prominent American scientist and one of America’s founding fathers, Franklin tied a key to a kite string during a thunderstorm and proved that static electricity and lightning were one and the same thing. Following this historic result, people were eager to try to harness the power of electricity for the primary goal of lighting their homes in a cheap and safe way instead of oil and gas lamps which were flammable and dangerous.
The World’s First Current Electric Motor By Faraday
Fast forward to 1831, Michael Farady realized that an electric current could be produced by passing a magnet through a copper wire. This amazing discovery formed the bedrock of today’s electricity and how we generate it, through magnets and coils of copper wires in big power plants. Because of this principle, both the electric motor (where electricity is converted into motion) and the generator (where motion is converted into electricity) were born.
Thomas Edison: The Invention Of The Light Bulb
As one of the greatest inventors who ever lived, Thomas Edison began working on electricity and brought to life in 1879 the world’s first incandescent electric light bulb (the yellow warm light) that till today is still being used. As a result of this invention, the entire gas lighting industry was made obsolete and Edison began to create his own company to manufacture and distribute his light bulb invention to every corner of America.
Thomas Alva Edison, born in Ohio on February 11, 1847, was one of the most well-known inventors of all time. He spent a few of his early years in formal schooling, but he received most of his education at home. Thomas set up a laboratory in the basement of his family's Michigan home and spent most of his time experimenting. Edison's mother, Nancy, knew her son was fond of chemistry and electronics, so she gave him books to read on the subjects. One book explained how to perform chemistry experiments at home; Thomas did every one in the book.
A biographer of Edison once noted: "His mother had accomplished that which all truly great teachers do for their pupils, she brought him to the stage of learning things for himself, learning that which most amused and interested him, and she encouraged him to go on in that path. It was the very best thing she could have done for this singular boy.follow this link to read more.
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