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... Ben Franklin is regarded as the father of electricity. He discovered that lightning is caused by electricity and explored into the electricity phenomena. ... Upon touching the ey, he got an electric shock, confirming that electricity makes up lightning. In addition to this, he discovered the lightning rod (protection from lightning) and discovered positive and negative electricity. ... Franklin proved that electricity is made up of electrons, and offered the “one fluid” theory in explanation of the two kinds of electricity, positive and negative. ... He proved that electricity has nothing to do with life or tissue by connecting two metal plates together. ... He found that electricity has nothing to do with life or tissue. ... He concluded (incorrectly) that animal tissue contained a vital force, which he determined “animal electricity. ... Ampere was the first person to establish the importance of the relationship between electricity and magnetism. In the early 1820s, Ampère attempted to give a combined theory of electricity and magnetism after hearing about experimental results by the Danish physicist Hans Christian Orsted.
Approximate Word count = 747
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