Electricity Flashcards
1
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- father of electricity & magnetism
- one of the first men to extensively study electricity
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William Gilbert of England
2
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- experimented with electricity merit him a place among serious investigator
- found that electricity can be transmuted with a vacuum tube
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Robert Boyle
3
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- built and improved the static generator
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Isaac Newton
4
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- working with glass, silk and paper distinguished 2 different kinds of electicity
-attract and repel
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Charles Delay
5
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- made significant improvement with the electroscope, a vessel for discharging electricity under vacuum conditions
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Abbe Jean Antoine Nollet
6
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- conducted many electrical experiments in electricity
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Benjamin Franklin
7
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- demonstrated a current of electricity by transmitting it from a Leyden Jar through wires and a vacuum tube
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William Watson
8
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- noticed the coloration and difference in color of partially evacuated tube
- first to record visible light
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William Morgan
9
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- induced an electrical current by moving magnetic in and out of coil
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Micheal Faraday
10
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-most significant changes or improvements on induction oils
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H.D. Ruhmkorff of Paris
11
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- conducted several experiments with cathode rays
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Johann Wilhelm Hiffort
12
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- further studied and investigate the cathode rays
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William Crooked & Philip Lenard
