Electricity

 Electricity

is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwell's equations.

 

The Greeks first discovered electricity about 3000 years ago. Its name came from the word "elektron", which means amber. Amber is the yellow, fossilised rock you find in tree sap. The Greeks found that if they rubbed amber against wool, lightweight objects (such as straw or feathers) would stick to it.

 

Benjamin Franklin had one of the greatest scientific minds of his time. He was interested in many areas of science, made many discoveries, and invented many things, including bifocal glasses. In the mid-1700s, he became interested in electricity.

But was Benjamin Franklin really the first person to discover electricity? Maybe not! At the turn of the 17th century, English scientist William Gilbert established the science underlying the study of electricity and magnetism. Inspired by Gilbert's work, another Englishman, Sir Thomas Browne, made further investigations and wrote books about his findings. Gilbert and Browne are credited with being the first scientists to use the term "electricity."

 

The Father of Electricity, Michael Faraday was born on September 22, in 1791. The English scientist, who is responsible for the discovery of electromagnetic induction, electrolysis and diamagnetism, hailed from a poor family of a blacksmith.

 

And as a particle it is made up of small energy packets known as photons. But light is not electricity. Electricity is a form of energy and light is also just another form of it. In another way, light as a wave is made of magnetic and electric waves perpendicular to each other.