SCIENCE 1119 ST

proved lightning is an electrostatic discharge

• Otto von Guericke
• Alessandro Volta
• Benjamin Franklin

invented first electrostatic generator

• Benjamin Franklin
• Ewald von Kleist
• Otto von Guericke

invented most efficient electrostatic generator

• Michael Faraday
• Pieter van Musschenbroek
• Robert J. Van de Graaff

invented first capacitor

• Alessandro Volta
• Ewald von Kleist
• Pieter van Musschenbroek

developed first electrochemical cell

• Alesandro Volta
• Michael Faraday
• Benjamin Franklin

invented electric generator

• Alessandro Volta
• Michael Faraday
• Ewald von Kleist

invented Leyden jar

• Otto von Guericke
• Pieter van Musschenbroek
• Robert J. Van de Graaff

electrostatic force

• farad
• volt
• ampere
• coulomb

capacitance

• coulomb
• volt
• farad
• ohm

emf

• watt
• ohm
• volt
• ampere