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Essay Archive - Static Electricity
Static Electricity
Static electricity is electricity at rest, which is an accumulation
of electric charge. This source of energy is the opposite of moving
electric charge, known as electric current. It is part of the study of
phenomena resulting from electric charge, called electrostatics.
Electrostatics is actually one of the foundations of knowledge about
electricity. Static electricity is clearly the oldest known form of
electricity. The earliest understandings of static electricity date back to
experimenting by the Greeks in 600 BC. In fact, the word electricity comes
from the Greek word elektron, meaning “amber”.
By the year 1600,....
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