CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
__________ mathematician, named ________, documented static electricity through rubbing _______ with a piece of wool or fur. DATE: __________
Greek, Thales, amber, 600 B.C.E
________ scientist ______________ coined the term electricity from Latin ________ which means “ produce from ___ friction, and ____ word, _______ which means “beaming sun” DATE: _______
English, William Gilbert, electricus, amber, Greek, elector , 1600
German experimenter, ___________ built the first electric generating machine. Date: ______
Otto von Guericke, 1660
German inventor ______________ and ______ physicist ______________ invented an electrical storage device, a ___ coated inside and outside. Date: ______
Ewald Georg von Kleist, Dutch physicist, Peter van Musschenbroek, jar, 1746
American inventor and ______ , ________ suggested two types of ________ forces. The _______ and _______. Date: ________
statesman, Benjamin Franklin, electric, attractive, repulsive. 1747
This year was when Benjamin Franklin conducted his _______ experiment, to prove that ____________.
1752, kite, lightning and electricity are the same thing.
_______ anatomy professor ___________ observed that a discharged ________________ made a dead frogs _______ twitch, which the leg serves as an ___________ and the muscles as _______ and __________. Date: _____________
Italian, Luigi Galvani, static electricity, leg, electrolyte, circuit, indicator, 1786
______ physicist _________ discovered that the _________ surrounds a _____ carrying wire. Date: _________
Danish, H.C. Oersted, magnetic field, current, 1820
______________ observed that a coil of wire act as a _______ where there is an __________. Date: ________
Andrea Marie Ampere, magnet, electrical current, 1822
In 1822, ________ invented _________.
D.F. Arago, electromagnet
In _________, _________ demonstrated an electromagnetic device that can lift over a ______ pounds
1822, Joseph Henry
________ built voltaic pile/ electric cell or ________ in 1786.
Alessandro Volta, battery, 1786
___________ developed a crude electric motor. Date: ___________
Michael Faraday, 1831
_____ and ______ invented an ___________ that power the motor. Date: ______
Faraday, Henry, electric generator, 1831
_________ used an electromagnetic __________ and a code of electrical impulses, and conceived an idea of sending coded messages called _________ on ________.
Samuel Morse, telegraph, Morse Code, 1831
______________ , first person to measure the amount of electricity and magnetism on ___________.
Charles de Coulomb, 1831
______________, ________________, ___________ developed mathematical relationships concerning electrical ____________ , on _________.
J.P. Joule, G.R. Kirchoff, J.C. Maxwell, circuiting, 1831
__________ formulated a law between volts, amps and resistance.
G.S. Ohm
_________, the ideal use of electricity was electric lighting
Late 1800s
Invention of arc light for streets
1860
Development of _____________ lamp by _________ and ___________ was on 1879.
Thomas Edison, Joseph Swan
Small electric stations spread in U.S. cities.
End of 1880
In end of 1880, ________ can sustain only for a few city blocks.
Power Station
___________ design is the basis in distribution of electricity on _______-.
Edison’s, end of 1880