The following European scientists also helped pave the way for the electrical comforts we enjoy today:
- Michael Faraday
- Heinrich Hertz
- Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley, in addition to his electrical dabbling, also invented soda water (for which the Coca-Cola Company is eternally grateful). Michael Faraday is credited with discovering how to generate an electric current on a usable scale. It was known that electricity would create a magnetic field, but Faraday looked at the reverse notion:
Why not produce electricity with magnets? In 1831, he discovered that moving a magnet inside a coiled copper wire produces a small electric current. If you spin a large enough magnet really fast inside a larger coil of wire, you’ll have yourself a usable electric generator. Faraday’s work is the basis for the electrical generators used today. Now that we’ve discussed scientists from the Old World the colonists left behind, let’s leap over to the American side of the Atlantic, where our usual combination of good timing, enthusiasm, and an attitude of “Hey, this will work, what have we got to lose?” put electricity on the map.
Why not produce electricity with magnets? In 1831, he discovered that moving a magnet inside a coiled copper wire produces a small electric current. If you spin a large enough magnet really fast inside a larger coil of wire, you’ll have yourself a usable electric generator. Faraday’s work is the basis for the electrical generators used today. Now that we’ve discussed scientists from the Old World the colonists left behind, let’s leap over to the American side of the Atlantic, where our usual combination of good timing, enthusiasm, and an attitude of “Hey, this will work, what have we got to lose?” put electricity on the map.
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