For example, to display Device A in the list of devices that are available for Plug and Play device redirection: 1  Add the following section to the device driver INF file: Copy. 2  2.Add the following line to the [SectionA.hw] section to create the required registry key: Copy.
The success of Edison's light bulb was followed by the founding of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York in 1880. The company was started with financial contributions from J.P. Morgan and other wealthy investors of the time.
But other than that, there was little real progress until the English scientist William Gilbert in 1600 described the electrification of many substances and coined the term electricity from the Greek word for amber. As a result, Gilbert is called the father of modern electric power. In 1660, Otto von Guericke invented a crude machine for producing static electricity. It was a ball of sulfur, rotated by a crank with one hand and rubbed with the other.