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My son's science project is on electricity. What are some interesting facts I can share with him while he works on it?
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1. The word "electricity" is derived from the ancient Greek word for amber, "elektron", which was used to explain the phenomena of static electricity.
2. Benjamin Franklin was the first to experiment with electricity in the 18th century.
3. In 1748, Stephen Gray was the first to demonstrate the electric transmission of power when he conducted electricity from a corked vial of electric fluid to a set of bells.
4. Early experiments with electric lighting used leyden jars.
5. Alessandro Volta was the inventor of the first chemical battery in 1800.
6. Michael Faraday paved the way for modern electric technology with his discovery of electromagnetic induction.
7. Thomas Edison's light bulb design was the first long-lasting and practical electric light bulb.
8. The electrical current used in most homes today is alternating current (AC), which was first successfully demonstrated by Nikola Tesla.