How Electricity Works


How Electricity Works? from HowStuffWorks

Humans have an intimate relationship with electricity, to the po­int that it's virtually impossible to separate your life from it. Sure, you can flee from the world of crisscrossing power lines and live your life completely off the grid, but even at the loneliest corners of the world, electricity exists. If it's not lighting up the storm clouds overhead or crackling in a static spark at your fingertips, then it's moving through the human nervous system, animating the brain's will in every flourish, breath and unthinking heartbeat.

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Electricity Basics

To­ward the end of the 19th­ century, scien­ce­ was barreling along at an impressive pace. Automobiles and aircraft were on the verge of changing the way the world mov­ed, and electric power was st­eadily making its way into more and more homes. Yet even scientists of the day still viewed electricity as something vaguely mystical. It wasn't until 1897 that scientists discovered the existence of electrons -- and this is where electricity starts.

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