Where Electricity Is Found Within A Controlled Environment

Benjamin Franklin was given credit for the discovery of electricity through his well-known experiment of flying a kite during a thunderstorm. But it simply proved that lighting and tiny sparks of electricity were the same. The true credit for discovering it should go partly to the pre-Socratic philosopher, Thales of Miletus, who wrote about the charging amber on rubbing it. The Italian physicist Alessandro Volta discovered you can produce electricity from particular chemical reactions creating an early 1800 battery that produced a steady electric current.