Know The History Of Electricity: Switch On The Doors Of Your Mind!
“Lights on!” The history of electricity is older than 2000 years ago. The discovery of electricity is a little complex than a man flying his kite.
1. Ancient Greeks in about 600 BC, discovered static electricity. They found that rubbing fur on fossilized tree resin or amber created an attraction between the two.
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2. Various discoveries were made by the 17th century, including, the initial electrostatic generator, the differentiation between currents and the classification of materials.
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3. In 1752, Ben Franklin carried his experiment with a key, a kite, and a storm. It proved that lightning and small electric sparks were the same things.
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4. In 1800, an Italian physicist Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile (an early electric battery) that produced a constant electric current. Thus, Volta was the first one to be able to make a steady flow of electrical charge.
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5. In 1831 electricity was enhanced viable for using technology when Michael Faraday invented the electric dynamo (a crude power generator). It solved the problem of generating an electric current continuously and practically.
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6. Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American engineer, inventor and an all-around electrical magician. In the 1800s and early 1900s, he made a significant contribution by giving birth to commercial electricity.
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7. In Calcutta, the first electric light was switched on in 1879 and then in 1881. Kilburn & Co obtained the license of electrification in 1895, happened after the arrival of Calcutta Electric Lighting Act.
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8. As thermal power generation entered India in 1899, the first thermal power plant of The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited was approved.
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9. In 1970, the authority of the Company was transferred from London to Calcutta. In 1978 it was titled The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (India) Ltd.
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Do you take electricity for granted? OK, we all do. Now think about how much of a role electricity plays in our everyday life from time to wake up, and you go to bed.
Blog Edited By Ritika Gupta
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