MICHAEL FARADAY ◦Born on September 22, 1791 ◦Place of birth: Newington Butts, England United Kingdom ◦Michael Faraday, often called as the father of Electricity,his inventions changed the world and led to many technologies used today.

Inventions

◦ First to produce an electric current from a magnetic field. ◦ Invented the first electric motor and dynamo. ◦ He demonstrated the relation between electricity and chemical bonding. ◦ Discovered the effect of magnetism on light. ◦ Discovered and named diamagnetism.

◦ Faraday’s Dynamo

THOMAS ALVA EDISON ◦ He was born on 11th February 1847 at Milan, U.S. ◦ His father was a politician and his mother was an accomplished school teacher. ◦ He set up a laboratory in a baggage car.

INVENTIONS

◦The phonograph: The phonograph is also called a gramophone. It was invented in 1877. the phonograph was the first invention that could replay a recoded sound.

◦The electric car

ALESSANDRO VOLTA ◦Born in Como, ltaly on February 18, 1745. ◦Volta was educated in the public schools of Como. ◦In 1774, he became a professor at the Royal School of Como

INVENTIONS

Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile, the first electric battery.

ANTOINE LAVOISIER ◦ ANTOINE LAVOISIER was born on the 26th of August 1743. ◦ He was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution.

◦ He had a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology. ◦ He is widely considered as the "father of modern chemistry".

INVENTIONS

◦ Composed the first modern list of the chemical elements. ◦ Recognized and named hydrogen and oxygen.

Lavoisier’s phlogiston experiment

◦ He worked on processes such as combustion, respiration, and the calcination or oxidation of metals in 1772.