Famous Contributions about Electricity

Thomas Alva Edison

An American Scientist and inventor who was interested in electricity. Much of the progress in electricity is due to this person, he invented 1,093 things! The most famous invention of his is the light bulb.

Lightning Rod

Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod because he knew that lightning was very dangerous. The rod can protect buildings, ships and people.

Ben Franklin's Kite Experiment

He attached a metal key to a kite and flew it during a thunderstorm. When lightning struck the kite, Ben saw that the current did pass through the metal key. This discovery helped develop many terms such as battery, conductor, negative, positive, charge and electrician.

Michael Faraday

He studied electromagnetism. He discovered that electricity could be made by moving a magnet inside a wire coil. He built the first electric motor, generator and transformer.

Ben Franklin

He thought that lightning might be a natural electrical current. He knew that electrical currents would pass through metal.