Electricity

Question 1

• father of electricity & magnetism
• one of the first men to extensively study electricity

Answer 1

William Gilbert of England

Question 2

• experimented with electricity merit him a place among serious investigator
• found that electricity can be transmuted with a vacuum tube

Answer 2

Robert Boyle

Question 3

• built and improved the static generator

Answer 3

Isaac Newton

Question 4

• working with glass, silk and paper distinguished 2 different kinds of electicity
  -attract and repel

Answer 4

Charles Delay

Question 5

• made significant improvement with the electroscope, a vessel for discharging electricity under vacuum conditions

Answer 5

Abbe Jean Antoine Nollet

Question 6

• conducted many electrical experiments in electricity

Answer 6

Benjamin Franklin

Question 7

• demonstrated a current of electricity by transmitting it from a Leyden Jar through wires and a vacuum tube

Answer 7

William Watson

Question 8

• noticed the coloration and difference in color of partially evacuated tube
• first to record visible light

Answer 8

William Morgan

Question 9

• induced an electrical current by moving magnetic in and out of coil

Answer 9

Micheal Faraday

Question 10

-most significant changes or improvements on induction oils

Answer 10

H.D. Ruhmkorff of Paris

Question 11

• conducted several experiments with cathode rays

Answer 11

Johann Wilhelm Hiffort

Question 12

• further studied and investigate the cathode rays

Answer 12

William Crooked & Philip Lenard