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A time line of the development of electromagnetism from 900 BC to 1905.
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History This region becomes known as Magnesia. 600 BC Thales of Miletos rubs amber (elektron in Greek) with cat fur and picks up bits of feathers. 1269 Petrus Peregrinus of Picardy, Italy, discovers that natural spherical magnets (lodestones) align needles with...A lecture from professor Michael Fowler at U of Virginia. Long and detailed.
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E&M_Hist The first records of electricity and magnetism The most primitive electrical and magnetic phenomena the attraction of dry light material such as chaff to rubbed amber, and the attraction of iron to loadstone were no doubt observed before recorded history...Timeline of classical electromagnetism, including optics, magnetism, electricity and their unification.
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Sketches of the history of Electromagnetics Many things are known about optics: the rectilinearity of light rays; the law of reflection; transparency of materials; that rays passing obliquely from less dense to more dense medium is refracted toward the perpendicular of the interface; general laws for...Commemorating the 400th anniversary of "De Magnete" by William Gilbert of Colchester.
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400 Years of De Magnete A more technical historical review, overlapping some of the material of this web site, appeared in Reviews of Geophysics in September 2002. under the title A Millennium of Geomagnetism. It can now be read here, titled A Millennium of Geomagnetism...Full text online of a book by Bern Dibner on the invention of the battery and the discovery of electric current.
http://dibinst.mit.edu/BURNDY/OnlinePubs/Volta/index.html
A brief description of Tesla, his life, and his works.
http://www.geocities.com/ianspage2002/index.html