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Where did it all begin?
Around 500 BC Greeks found that by rubbing an "electron" (a hard fossilised resin that today is known as "amber") against a fur cloth, it would attract particles of straw. This strange effect remained a mystery for about 2000 years, when around AD 1600 Dr William Gilbert investigated the reactions of amber and magnets.
The word "electricity" was first recorded by Gilbert in a report on the theory of magnetism. Gilbert experiments led a number of investigations by many pioneers in the development of electrical technology over the next 350 years. |
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