Archive for February 2022
Who discovered electricity?
Who really discovered electricity? Do you picture images of Benjamin Franklin holding a key attached to a kite in a stormy sky? Franklin was lucky all he sustained was a mild shock when that lightning bolt connected to his kite. First, let’s challenge the word “discovered”. Electricity has been around for thousands of years…
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Can you believe the earliest records of humanity’s interaction with electricity date back to ancient Egypt? Some of the first interactions between humans and electrical current recorded during the 28th Century BC were between ancient Egyptians and the electric catfish of the Nile. These electric catfish were described as grey or brown with bluish…
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