SCIENCE 1119 CU 2

Alessandro Volta

• inventor of first electrostatic generator
• inventor of most efficient electrostatic generator
• developed first electrochemical cell

discovered relationship between current flow, emf, and resistance

• Benjamin Franklin
• James Wimshurst
• Georg Ohm
• Alessandro Volta

discovered that thunderclouds contain static electricity

• Otto van Guericke
• Benjamin Franklin
• James Wimshurst
• Ewald van Kleist

inventor of first electrostatic generator

• Benjamin Franklin
• James Wimshurst
• Pieter van Musschenbroek
• Otto von Guericke

inventor of first capacitor

• Ewald von Kleist
• Benjamin Franklin
• Robert J. Van de Graaff
• Alessandro Volta

inventor of a more efficient electrostatic generator

• James Wimshurst
• Robert J. Van de Graaff
• Benjamin Franklin
• Georg Ohm

inventor of Leyden jar

• Georg Ohm
• Otto von Guericke
• Ewald von Kleist
• Pieter van Musschenbroek

inventor of most efficient electrostatic generator

• Benjamin Franklin
• Georg Ohm
• Otto von Guericke
• Robert J. Van de Graaff

unit for measuring capacitance

• ampere
• emf
• farad
• volt

first dependable source of electric current