• Question: Who made electricity

    Asked by lasu (hasaan) to Philip on 20 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Philip Ratcliffe

      Philip Ratcliffe answered on 20 Nov 2014:

      Well, electricity actually existed already – lighting bolts are just electrical discharges and you’ve probably heard of electric eels, which use electricity that they generate to hunt and protect themselves.
      It’s hard to say any one person as many people have been involved in various types of experimental studies involving electricity in one form or another.

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