Early Magnetism and Electrical Phenomenon Observers-Theorists-Scientists
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ElectricianEducation.com is pleased to include a list of significant
contributors to the electrical industry through theory, science, and
manufacturing accomplishments.
Many of the names included in the below list are attached to the most fundamental
aspects of magnetism and electrical description. Units of measurement, theories, and
discoveries all have human lives connected to them. Investigation of these
personages will result in a deeper understanding of the inquiring mind and the rewards of
investigation. Links to appropriate sites are provided where available.
If a link is not given to a site where more information can be found about a specific
person, then the encyclopedia is a good place to begin research for biographies of these
notable electrical pioneers. In a few cases finding a short biography might lead on to
further research. In fact the intent of this literacy section is to encourage the
continuation of learning.
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The list begins with those individuals who were remarkably adept at extracting from
nature the secrets we all now see as so obvious. But there certainly was a time when
nothing was for sure. Perhaps most remarkable is the inclusion of the name of Christopher
Columbus. So how could he have ever played a role in the development of electrical
theories? He was the person, after all, who had a terrific belief in the compass which
showed him the way to the new world. And his log of magnetic variation proved a
springboard for subsequent investigators. Who would have though?
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Ampere, Andre Marie
Ampere, Jean Jacques
Arsonval, Arsene d'
Ayerton, William Edward
Bain, Alexander
Barlow, William
Bauerfeind
Becquerel, Antoine Cesar
Bequerel, Alexandre Edmond
Becquerel, Antoine Henri
Clark, Latimer
Columbus, Christopher
Coulomb, Charles Augustin de
Crocker, Francis Bacon
Crookes, Sir William
Davy, Sir Humphry
Faraday
Field, Cyrus W.
Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon
Fowler, Richard
Franklin, Ben
Galvani, Aloisio
Gauss, Karl Fredrich
Gilbert, William
Gordon
Grove, Sir William Robert
Gramme, Zenobe Theophile
Grotthuss, Theodor
Henry, Joseph
Hershel, Sir John
Hertz, Heinrich Rudolf
Hittorf, Johann Wilhelm
Holtz, Wilhelm Theodor Bernhard
Jablochkoff, Paul
Jacobi, Moritz Hermann
Jenkins, Henry Charles Fleeming
Joule, James Prescott
Kelvin, William Thompson 1st Baron
Kirchoff, Guslav Robert
Kohlrausch, Fredrich Wilhelm Georg
Leclanche, Georges
Lenz
Leyden
Lord Kelvin
Lussac, Gay
Maxwell, James Clerk
Newton
Norman
Oersted, Hans Christian
Ohm, Georg Simon
Pacinotti, Antonio
Page, Charles Athanase Peltier
Peregrinus, Petrus
Plante, Gaston
Plante, Raimond Louis
Poggendorff, Johann Christian
Priestley
Procopius, Divisch
Rayleigh, John William Strutt
Roentgen
Ruhmkorff, Heinrich Daniel
Seebeck, Thomas Johann
Siemens, Ernst Werner Von
Siemens, Sir Karl William
Sprague, Frank Julian
Sturgeon, William
Thompson, Sylvanius P.
Tyndall, John
Volta, Alessandro
Watt. James
Weber, Wilhalm Eduard
Wheatstone, Sir Charles
Zamboni, Giuseppe
Now it is on to those electrical pioneers who took theories and produced useful
electrical components, equipment, tools, and apparatus.
Electrical Inventors and Engineers of the Modern Era
Adams, Jim
Batchelor, Charles
Edison, Thomas Alva
Field, Cyrus West
Field, Stephen
Gray, Elisha
Hewitt, Peter Cooper
Insull, Samuel
Jehl, Francis
Johnson, Edward H.
Kennelly, Arthur E.
Kruesi, John
Martin, Thomas C.
Maxim, Hiram S.
Meadowcroft, William H.
Ott, Fred
Ott, John
Pope, Frank
Sprague, Frank
Steinmetz, Charles Proteus
Swan, Joseph
Tesla, Nicola
Thompson, Elihu
Upton, Francis
Wallace. William
Westinghouse, George
Weston, Edward
Young, Thomas
Lastly in this look at the history of the electrical industry, a list of places where
the artifacts are stored which retain an aura of discovery.
Museums and Places of Historical Significance to the Electrical Industry
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