1 2  ELECTRIC CHARGE
Historically the credit of discovery of the fact that amber rubbed with
wool or silk cloth attracts light objects goes to Thales of Miletus, Greece,
around 600 BC The name electricity is coined from the Greek word
Rationalised 2023-24
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Physics
elektron meaning amber Many such pairs of materials were known which
on rubbing could attract light objects like straw, pith balls and bits of
papers