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    The document provides a brief history of key moments in the discovery of electricity from 600 BC to 1879 AD. It notes that in 600 BC, Ancient Greeks discovered static electricity by rubbing amber with silk. In 1752, Benjamin Franklin proved lightning is a form of electricity by flying a kite in a storm. In 1831, Michael Faraday was the first to generate current electricity on a practical scale by moving a magnet inside a coil of copper wire.

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    The document provides a brief history of key moments in the discovery of electricity from 600 BC to 1879 AD. It notes that in 600 BC, Ancient Greeks discovered static electricity by rubbing amber with silk. In 1752, Benjamin Franklin proved lightning is a form of electricity by flying a kite in a storm. In 1831, Michael Faraday was the first to generate current electricity on a practical scale by moving a magnet inside a coil of copper wire.

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    Key Moments in The Discovery of Electricity

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    The document provides a brief history of key moments in the discovery of electricity from 600 BC to 1879 AD. It notes that in 600 BC, Ancient Greeks discovered static electricity by rubbing amber with silk. In 1752, Benjamin Franklin proved lightning is a form of electricity by flying a kite in a storm. In 1831, Michael Faraday was the first to generate current electricity on a practical scale by moving a magnet inside a coil of copper wire.

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    History of Electricity-

    Key Moments in the Discovery of Electricity

    600 BC 1752 AD
    The Ancient Greeks found Benjamin Franklin
    that pieces of amber rubbed experimented by flying a kite
    with silk could pick up straw. in a storm, a very dangerous
    They had unknowingly experiment. He proved that
    discovered static electricity. lightning is a form of
    electricity.

    1800 AD 1831 AD
    Alessandro Volta invented Michael Faraday was the first
    the first battery. The unit of to generate current electricity
    electrical force, the volt is on a practical scale. Faraday
    name after him. discovered that when a
    magnet is moved inside a
    coil of copper wire, a tiny
    electric current ran through
    the wire.

    1879 AD
    Thomas Edison was a
    famous American inventor.
    He was responsible for
    inventing the first light bulb.

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