History of the study of electricity

1. History of the study of electricity Science 942 By Amanda Ziegler

2. History of the study of electricity In 1748 Nollet invented one of the first electrometers, the electroscope, which showed the presence of electric charge by using electrostatic attraction and repulsion. Nollet is reputed to be the man who first applied the name "Leyden jar" to the first device for storing electricity.

3. History of the study of electricity In the mid 1700s, as the study of electricity became popular, efficient ways of producing electricity were sought. The generator developed by JesseRamsden was among the first electrostatic generators invented. Electricity produced by such generators was used to treat paralysis and muscle spasms, and to control heart rates. Other medical uses of electricity included filling the body with electricity, drawing sparks from the body, and applying sparks from the generator to the body.

4. History of the study of electricity In 1789 Franz Aepinus developed a device with the properties of a condenser (now known as a capacitor.) The Aepinus condenser was the first condenser developed after the Leyden jar and was used to demonstrate conductive and inductive electricity. The device is constructed so that the space between the plates can be adjusted and the glass dielectric (insulating plate between them) can be removed or replaced with other materials. Instruments of this type became popular in the second half of the 18th century and were the subject of experiments and interpretation by many "Electrical Physicists

5. History of the study of electricity The machine would have been made at about the time that Priestley wrote 'History and Present State of Electricity'. In this book he describes a timeline of discoveries in the the area of electrostatics and suggests a few ideas of his own.

6. History of the study of electricity Burning of fossil fuels with high sulfur content is a major contributor to air pollution, including acid rain. While the bulk of the economic benefit from the NIST SRMs - $401 million - goes to fuel producers as they attempt to comply with regulatory limits on sulfur levels, the study found $78.4 million in benefits to the environment.

7. History of the study of electricity Remsdaq RTU-based control systems remotely control the actual switch gear, either tripping or closing the associated actuator from command signals. The GSM modems make the actual connection between RTUs and the central control room in Manchester. The modems act as both transmitter and receiver, enabling network switchgear to be controlled centrally. Apart from switchgear control, the Westermo modems also send realtime information about other RTU inputs - for example equipment health and the condition of both the AC and DC back up supply - to the control centre.

8. History of the study of electricity This parallel combination of resistor and galvanometer serves as the ammeter. The value of the low resistance to be connected in parallel is determined from the value of maximum current the ammeter is expected to measure.

9. History of the study of electricity Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 – January 7,1943) (Baptism name: Николай; Nikolaj; Name in Cyrillic alphabet: Никола Тесла) was a Serbian – American physicist, inventor,and electrical engineer of unusual intellectual brilliance and practical achievement. Tesla is most famous for conceiving the rotating magnetic field principle (1882) and then using it to invent the induction motor together with the accompanying alternating current long-distance electrical transmission system.

10. History of the study of electricity Water wheel is used to generate electricity.

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12. History of the study of electricity In the study is John Wesley's machine to generate electricity. He pioneered the use of Electro Convulsive Therapy and also founded the first free pharmacy, where this machine was used.

13. History of the study of electricity Two-leaf Electroscopes Here is the basic gold-leaf electroscope. Two thin gold leaves are suspended from the bottom of the brass top of the glass cylinder, and connected to the sphere at the top.  This apparatus is in regular use at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and is marked "James W. Queen". The 1888 Queen catalogue lists it as a "Plain gold Leaf Electrometer" and prices it at $3.75. Note that it is not an electrometer, but an electroscope; it is used to indicate the presence of charge, but not the potential associated with the charge. 

14. History of the study of electricity The electroscope is uncalibrated and can only indicate the presence and relative magnitude of the charge on a conductor and its resulting electric potential. Electrometers, on the other hand, can be calibrated to read in Volts or kilo-Volts. 

15. History of the study of electricity The French scientist Guillaume Duchenne du Boulogne took medical electricity into the realm of physiology and anatomy in the late 17th century.

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17. History of the study of electricity Developed in the mid eighteenth century at the University of Leyden in the Netherlands, the Leyden jar was the world’s first electric storage vessel, or capacitor. Scientists had recently developed devices that enabled them to make static electrical charges, and the Leyden jars enabled them to store them and even transport them to other locations for further study of the new phenomenon of electricity.

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