1. HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS Electricity and Magnetism

2. Benjamin Franklin In 1752, Benjamin Franklin flew a kite with a metal tip into a thunderstorm to prove that lightning is a form of electricity. He was very lucky he wasn't killed! Electricity in Lighteneing

3. Michael Faraday In 1831, Michael Faraday demonstrated electromagnetic induction by passing a magnet through a coil of wire. Electromagnetism

4. Thomas Edison In the 1870's, Edison built an electric generator and soon after demonstrated electric lighting for the first time in America. Electric Lighting