Introduction

Anand Kumar Sethi

Chapter Chapter 1 in The Business of Electronics, 2013, pp 1-8 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract It is the use in history of the Greek word “elektron” (formed by the sun), which gives us the etymology of the term. According to Rev. C. W. King,1 elektron was connected to Helios, the Sun God, one of whose titles was “Elector” or the “Awakener.” Collings 2 relates the mythological story that when Helios’s son Phaeton was killed, his grieving sisters became poplars and their tears became the origin of elektron. According to Heilbron, 3 it is the work of William Gilbert, 4 of whom more later in this chapter, that showed that Amber could attract other substances and hence points one to the terms “electron” and “electricity.”

Keywords: Italian Scientist; Current Carry Wire; Nikola Tesla; Wireless Telegraph; Royal Dublin Society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137323385_1

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