[DOC] [TLE] Who discovered electricity? It is super cool but I - UCSB Science Line [PAR] ... discovered static electricity, but they observed that rubbing fossilized tree resin, 
or amber, ... An English physicist named William Gilbert writes books on the 
attractive nature of amber and uses the Latin word "electricus" to describe it. ... 
books, and in his books on physics comes up with the word electricity to describe 
his... [DOC] [TLE] Who Discovered Electricity? - Universe Today [PAR] Electricity is a form of energy and it occurs in nature, so it was not invented. ... 
rubbing fur on amber (fossilized tree resin) caused an attraction between the two 
 and so ... In the year 1600, English physician William Gilbert used the Latin 
word... [DOC] [TLE] William Gilbert (astronomer) - Wikipedia [PAR] William Gilbert also known as Gilberd, was an English physician, physicist and 
natural ... The English word "electricity" was first used in 1646 by Sir Thomas 
Browne, derived from Gilbert's 1600 New Latin electricus, meaning "like amber". 
... the earth; not so as to make the bodies come together, as magnetic bodies do, 
but so... [DOC] [TLE] Etymology of electricity - Wikipedia [PAR] In physics the term quantity of electricity refers to the quantity of electric charge. It 
is designated ... The term came from the classical Latin electrum, amber, from the 
Greek ... The origin of the Greek word is unknown, but there is speculation that it 
might have come from a Phoenician word elkrn, meaning 'shining light'. [DOC] [TLE] Wikijunior:How Things Work/Electricity - Wikibooks, open books for ... [PAR] The word Electricity comes from a Latin word meaning "like amber". Amber is the 
fossilized sap from ancient trees often used in jewellery. ... 1 Who invented it? 2 
How ... was discovered in 1600, by an English physician called William Gilbert. [DOC] [TLE] electro-, electr-, electri- - Word Information [PAR] Greek > Latin: electric, electricity; from amber, resembling amber, generated from 
... Amber came from tree resin that hardened over centuries and when it was ... 
that sparkles orange and yellow in sunlight and it is actually fossilized tree sap! ... 
term for "electricity" is derived from the word electrica, first used by William Gilbert
... [DOC] [TLE] Historical Beginnings of Theories of Electricity ... - Galileo and Einstein [PAR] An early Greek word for the sun - hlector - pronounced "elector" - was also used 
to describe amber, because of its sunshiny color. Amber is the fossilized resin of 
a now extinct coniferous tree, almost all of it comes from the Baltic region in 
Northern Europe. Of course .... William Gilbert click to expand contents. [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "William Gilbert, the first electrician" - Internet Archive [PAR] The house was A 1 Electrician. y 777 00 2 WILLIAM GILBERT, THE FIRST ..... 
the Latin word, whereby he would have given us a name for electricity entirely ... 
of the fossil resin, on which the story originally rests, the word ' elec- trical,' from ... 
of bodies that would come under the attractive influence exerted by an electric in
... [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of Electromagnetism - High Energy Physics Group [PAR] 1600: Dr. William Gilbert (court physician to Queen Elizabeth) discovers that the 
earth is a giant ... recorded use of the word 'Electric' in a report on the theory of 
magnetism. ... manuscript into Latin, then publishes it in the original French in 
1690. ... 1733: Charles Francois du Fay discovers that electricity comes in two 
kinds,... [DOC] [TLE] Amber - Zoultier.com [PAR] The English word amber derives from the Arabic 'anbar, via Medieval Latin 
ambar ... amber) was ambergris; ambre jaune (yellow amber) was the fossil resin 
we ... the Greek word for amber and come from William Gilbert's research 
showing that ... The word "electron" was coined in 1891 by the Irish physicist 
George Stoney... [DOC] [TLE] The Electricity Trivia Quiz - What Do You Know? - Electricity Express [PAR] Aug

Question: William Gilbert coined the word electricity, which comes from the Latin word for this fossil resin
Answer: amber