History

of
Electricity

Electricity is all around us.

Powering technology like:

cellphones
computers
televisions
lights
air conditioners, etc.

Electricity is a form of
energy

it occurs in nature

it is not invented

600 BC.

Ancient Greeks

discovered the static

electricity

rubbing fur on
amber (fossilized
tree resin)

researchers and
archeologists
discovered pots
with sheets of
copper inside.

A replica and diagram of one of

the Ancient electric cells
(batteries) found near
Bagdad.

17th Century
Invention

of electrostatic generator

Differentiation

between positive and

negative currents

Classification

or insulator)

of materials (conductor

Electrostatic
Generator

1600

William Gilbert

Used the Latin

word electros

Described the force

when the materials
are rub against
each other.

Thomas
Browne

Used the word

Electricity in his
books

Based his
investigation on
Gilberts work

1752
Benjamin
Franklin

Conducted the kite

experiment

Proved that
lightning and
electric spark are
the same

Alessandra
Volta

Italian Physicist

Discovered
electricity
produced by
chemical
reaction
Constructed the
voltaic
pile(electric
battery)

Michael Faraday

Created the
electric dynamo

Crude power
generator

Thomas Edison
and Joseph
Swan

Invented the
incandescent
filament bulb

Produced the
first practical
filament

Edison
illuminate New
york

Nikola Tesla
Contributor of the
birth of
commercial
electricity
Alternating current
(AC)
AC motors
Polyphase
distribution system

GEORGE
WESTINGHOUSE

Purchased and
developed
Teslas work

Westinghouse
and Teslas work
convinced the
American
society to use
AC than DC

OTHER INVENTORS
WHO WORKED TO
BRING ELECTRICITY
WHERE IT IS TODAY

JAMES WATT

Scottish inventor

watt basic unit for

power

ANDRE AMPERE

A French
Mathematician

ampere basic unit

for current

GEORGE OHM

German
Mathematician

Ohm basic unit for

resistance

Not

discovered by one person

Its

concept is known thousand of

years ago

It

is developed commercially and

scientifically

The
End !!!
The End!!!

Thank
you
For

Reported by:
Jeck Marvin N. Molase
Rogen Roy S. Sefil
BTTE IV-A
(ELECTRICAL)