William Gilbert first coined the term "electricity" from the Greek word for amber. Gilbert wrote about the electrification of many substances in his "De magnete, magneticisique corporibus". He was also the first person to use the terms electric force, magnetic pole, and electric attraction.
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I’m doing an assignment on him, Galvani, Volta and Franklin =)
i still don’t understand what he discovered about electricity. All i know is that he found out about the north and south pole’s pulling compasses pins towards them!
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im doing a project on him that has to be 3 pages long!! busy hard work for me i dont even have any thing written yet!
How about benjamin Franklin? hu really discovered electricity if there r 2 fathers of electrivity? LOL
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Its Thales who discover the electricity . he a greek.
doesnt give electricity information, all i see is magnetism info
O my god! m totally confused? By the way who is the real father of Electricity?
ang alam ko c benjamin franklin ang ama ng elektricity
it’s hard to say who really was the father of elctricity because many has claimed it!!However,it is up upon us how we define what the father is all about??according to what i have research,Her are the list of fathers;Ben Franklin,William Gilbert,Volta & Tesla..
who really is the father of electricity?