HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY



Electricity has been a subject of scientific interest since at least the early 17th century. A prominent early electrical scientist was William Gilbert who was the first to draw a clear distinction between
 magnetism and static electricity and is credited with establishing the term electricity.^[2] He also designed the versorium: a device that detected the presence of statically charged objects. Then in 1762 Swedish professor Johan Carl Wilcke invented, and in 1775 Alessandro Volta improved, a device (for which Volta coined the name electrophorus) that produced a static electric charge, and by 1800 Volta had developed the voltaic pile, a forerunner of the electric battery.


                                                   

                                                                              Michael Faraday
The discoveries of
 formed the foundation of electric motor technology