Thales

Thales

The Greek famous for investigating electrical phenomenon. He also had this "thing" for amber and cat fur.

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Baghdad_battery

Baghdad_battery

Possibly the first battery - from ancient Babylon?

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abbe Jean-Antoine Nollet

abbe Jean-Antoine Nollet

The abbott who enjoyed shocking his fellow monks -- and demonstrated electric current in the process.

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Pieter van Musschenbroek

Pieter van Musschenbroek

Principal inventor of the Leyden Jar.

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André-Marie Ampère

André-Marie Ampère

Described the principles of electric current.

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Allesandro Volta

Allesandro Volta

You could say he had a case of piles. Actually it was called the "Volta Pile" -- an early electro-chemical battery.

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Luigi Galvani

Luigi Galvani

Accidently discovered "animal electricity". EMG users can thank him for finding the...

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Micheal Faraday

Micheal Faraday

Discovered the principles of electro-magnetic induction. he was also famous for pissing off the scientist, Davy.

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Samuel_F_B_Morse

Samuel_F_B_Morse

"What hath God wrought?" was what he tapped out on the first telegraph message.

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Heinrich Hertz

Heinrich Hertz

Discovered and demonstrated the principles of what is now called radio.

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Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Though physically a dwarf, he was one of the "bigs" in the early days of electrical power transmission.

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Nichola Tesla

Nichola Tesla

The man who quite literally "invented the modern world" (think--among other things--the...

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Frank Julian Sprague

Frank Julian Sprague

An ex-Navy guy who made modern rapid transit possible.

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Herman Hollerith

Herman Hollerith

He really didn't invent the "punched card", but his IBM got big enough to not care.

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Lev Theremin

Lev Theremin

Made "etherial" music (think the music from the film "Forbidden Planet"), and as a KGB captive, bugged the US Embassy in Moscow.

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Steve Wozniak

Steve Wozniak

While his buddy, Steve Jobs, got rich, this shy geek invented the Apple computer; got enough out of it to live comfortably, and nw's having a ball.

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