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Explain clearly what happened when Thales rubbed the amber with the silk cloth?
it created an electrical charge
What happened when Thales rubbed the amber and the silk cloth?
Thales of Miletus, a Greek philosopher, discovered that rubbing amber with silk created an electric charge in the amber which caused objects to be attracted to it. If rubbed enough, it created a spark, much like we receive when we walk on carpet and touch a doorknob and see, hear and feel the spark.
When did thales of milletus discover electricity?
Thales discovered static electricity by rubbing a peice of amber against a silk cloth.
How did the thales experiment produce static electricity?
when the two objects are rubbed,certain other object are attract to them.
How the thales experiment produced static electricity?
when the two objects are rubbed,certain other object are attract to them.
What charge do you get if glass is rubbed with silk?
the silk will rub of the electrons on the silk, leaving the glass positively charged
When a glass rod is rubbed with a silk cloth which substance looses electron?
Silk Cloth
Name of the physict who said first the charge on a glass rod rubbed with silk as positive?
The Physicist who said first that the charge on a glass rod rubbed with silk is positive was Michael Faraday.
When Benjamin Franklin rubbed a glass rod with a piece of silk?
The silk picked up positive charges.
How did Thales create static electricity be accident?
Thales discovered static electricity accidently in 585 BC when he rubbed by chance fur and amber and observed that with it he could attract very light weighted objects like feathers etc.
What kind of electric charge gets developed on the glass rod when it is rubbed with a piece of silk cloth?
When glass rod is rubbed with silk cloth it becomes positively charged and the silk cloth becomes negatively charged. This is because the glass rod looses electrons to the silk cloth which makes it positive and the silk cloth becomes negative.
What was the first experiment with static electricity?
By BC 600, a philosopher by name Thales rubbed fur by amber and found that rubbed amber attracts piece of fine particles. This was the first experiment conducted I think so.
