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Born November 30, 1711 • GloucesterEngland
Died July 4, 1778 (aged 66) • PhiladelphiaPennsylvania
Subjects Of Study electricitylightning

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Joseph Priestley
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Joseph Henry
Joseph Henry
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Edward Weston
Edward Weston
American engineer and industrialist
Watch a silent short of Thomas Edison, who invented the phonograph and incandescent electric light
Thomas Edison
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Charles Steinmetz.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
American engineer
Lord Rayleigh, engraving by R. Cottot.
Lord Rayleigh
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William Gilbert
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Brush, Charles Francis
Charles Francis Brush
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David Hughes, engraving by Delzers after a photograph
David Hughes
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James Bicheno Francis
James Bicheno Francis
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Joseph Jenks
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Helmholtz.
Hermann von Helmholtz
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Guericke, engraving by C. Galle, 1649, after a portrait by Anselmus von Hulle
Otto von Guericke
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Gustave-Auguste Ferrié
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Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton
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John Canton
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