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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.
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Why is Electricity called Electricity?
It comes from the Greek word "electron." However, to the Greeks that word didn't mean what it does to us; it meant the material we call amber. It's called that because one of the first noticed electrical phenomena was that if you rubbed a piece of amber with a cloth you could build up a static charge and make a small spark.
Compound words that start with cloth?
compound word for cloth
What is 40 yards of cloth called?
in medieval times a standard bolt of cloth was 40 cloth-yards (37 inches) in length
What is a compound word with cloth in it?
What us a word to mack cloth to make a compound word
How many inches are in 1 yard of cloth?
One sq yd of cloth has 1296 square inches in it
