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Electricity
Ever since antiquity, people had observed that rubbed amber attracted light objects placed near it. But it was not until 1600 that William Gilbert clearly distinguished between magnetic phenomena, generated by magnets, and electrical phenomena, produced by rubbed substances such as amber and sulfur. [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Electricity and Magnetism
Type of item
- Multimedia
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Electricity and Magnetism
Type of item
- Multimedia
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 2010
- 2010
Identifier
- urn:imss:multimedia:500112
Extent
- 132 sec.
Format
- video/flv
Language
- eng
- ita
Is referenced by
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/ApparatusDemonstratingPointedBallLightningConductors.html
Year
- 2010
Providing country
- Italy