BENJAMIN MICHAEL

FRANKLIN FARADAY
° 1752between
o Distinction ° o ° 1831
English °
physicist
insulators & and chemist
conductors
o Proved the identity whose many
experiments
of lightning and
contributed greatly
electricity.
to the
o Invented a battery for energy storification understanding of
electromagnetism
JOSEPH HENRY
ALESSANDRO
° 1831 °
VOLTA o He aided and discovered
o ° 1800
He invented °
an electric several important
battery that principles of
provided the electricity,
very first source including
of continous self-induction,
current a phenomenon of
primary importance in
electronic circuitry.

HANS
CHRISTIAN
oØRSTED
He discovered that electric current in
a
° 1820 ° wire can deflect a
magnetized compass
needle in which
inspired the
development of electromagnetic
theory
GEORG SIMON
ANDRÉ-MARIE OHM
AMPÈRE o He °discovered
1827 ° the law,
o ° 1820
He founded ° named the
and named after him, which
science of states that the current flow
electrodynamics, now through a conductor is
known as directly proportional to the
electromagnetism. potential difference
o His name endures in (voltage) and inversely
everyday life in the proportional to the
ampere, the unit for resistance, Ohm’s Law.
measuring electric current.