The Invention of Electricity: Benjamin Franklin

Electrician

You walk into a dark room and flip a switch; suddenly, the room is no longer dark. Have you ever wondered how the electricity in your business or house works? Electricians study the ways to install the wiring and electrify indoor and outdoor spaces for comfort and safety. While most people take, the electricity we use for granted, electricians must know and ensure every detail is perfect. Careers in electricity require dedicated professionals who spend many hours of schooling learning about how to safely create lighted spaces and outlets for electrical components and usage. Electricians must be certified and educated in the safety and techniques of electricity.

Electricity was first tested by Benjamin Franklin with his famous kite and lighting experiment (http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/kite.htm). Before the kite experiment, he had a lightning rod setup on the top of his house for electrical experimentations. (http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/kite.htm). After Franklin, Thomas Edison created light for our homes and businesses, and it was the beginning of great advancements in the electrical industry. Not only did he create the light bulb, but he also invented the microphone, electric pen, telephone receiver, storage battery, and many other inventions before his death. Edison had 1,093 inventions that helped revolutionize of what is today known as electricity (http://www.fi.edu/learn/sci-tech/edison-lightbulb/edison-lightbulb.php?cts=electricity).

In the 19th century was when electricity really started and became a widespread of innovations (A,93). During 1967, the law required master electricians to be licensed and have insurance (E). Unbelievably, there is electricity within our body using the nerve ...

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