Historical background for electricity and magnetism Explain what each of the following materials are and how...

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Historical background for electricity and magnetism

Explain what each of the following materials are and how theyare related to electrostatics or magnetism.

  1. Amber:
  1. Lodestone:

Explain the following theories.

  1. Effluvium Theory:
  1. Benjamin Franklin’s One Fluid Theory

  1. Dufay’s Two Fluid Theory
  1. de Magnete:
  1. Gilbert categorized the properties as:

Complete the chart below

electric (i.e., amber)

lodestone (magnetic)

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Amber The static electricity was actually derived from the ancient Greek Philosophers The electricity was derived from the word elektron The word elektron is the Greek name for Amber Hence Amber has ancient relationship with the electricity Lodestone As we can see that there is a use of magnet at almost all the major electronics and other devices By the 12th century people got to know about magnetizing the iron to form a magnetic compass purpose    See Answer
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