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    Electricity Report

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    Electricity was first researched by Thales of Miletos around 600BC. He conducted a few experiments on static electricity in which he believed that friction made amber become magnetized. Other than the fact that people knew that eels produced electric shocks‚ electricity was little more than an intellectual curiosity for over 2000 years. Until 1600 when someone from England discovered the lodestone effect when amber with static would attract small objects towards it. In the 18th century‚ Benjamin

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    Wireless Electricity

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    Home Search Collections Journals About Contact us My IOPscience Wireless electricity (Power) transmission using solar based power satellite technology This content has been downloaded from IOPscience. Please scroll down to see the full text. 2013 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 439 012046 (http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/439/1/012046) View the table of contents for this issue‚ or go to the journal homepage for more Download details: IP Address: 49.145.98.152 This content was downloaded on 12/01/2015

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    Misuse of Electricity

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    off machines when you leave a room (examples include TV’s‚ computers‚ radios‚ stereos‚ video games‚ VCR’s‚ and DVD players). * When you go away on a trip‚ be sure to unplug these same machines because they have stand-by functions that consume electricity even when they are turned off. * Fill your dishwasher efficiently and limit the number of times you run it. * Don’t put furniture and other things in front of heating and air conditioning vents. * Keep doors and windows closed when heat

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    History of Electricity

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    HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY Depite what you have learned‚ Benjamin Franklin did not "invent" electricity. In fact‚ electricity did not begin when Benjamin Franklin at when he flew his kite during a thunderstorm or when light bulbs were installed in houses all around the world. The truth is that electricity has always been around because it naturally exists in the world. Lightning‚ for instance‚ is simply a flow of electrons between the ground and the clouds. When you touch something and get a shock

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    things of the past. We now light our lamps with electricity. Switch on the button and there is the day-like light even in the darkest night. In summer seasons electric fans‚ air conditioning plants are used to provide us with cool atmosphere. In winter‚ heating plants are used to keep the room warm. Electric bells‚ press and stove are things of every-day use. People keep refrigerators in their homes to keep their food in a fresh condition. Indeed electricity serves as a faithful domestic servant in daily

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    Lecture Notes: Basic Electricity Fall 2011 This course module introduces the basic physical models by which we explain the flow of electricity. The Bohr model of an atom – a nucleus surrounded by shells of electrons traveling in discrete orbits – is presented. Electrical current is described as a flow of electrons. Ohm’s law – the relationship between voltage‚ current and electrical resistance – is introduced. Learning Objectives Understanding the basic principles of electricity is a foundational

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    The Overuse and Misuse of Psychological Testing The article “The Overuse and Misuse of Psychological Testing: Why Less Is More” by Jill Sanders and Sheba Katz‚ discusses the use of psychological test in family court. The article explained how the use of psychological testing in child-custody cases can provide helpful information‚ but many people including attorneys and judges place too much emphasis on the outcome of the test. The article explains that there is no test to determine whether a person

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    Electricity and Resistance

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    CHAPTER - 12 ELECTRICITY HOTS Questions for Practice 1. Name a substance whose resistance almost remains unchanged by increase of temperature. 2. Name two special characteristics of heater coil. 3. A wire of resistance 4 ohms is bent to form a circle. What is the resistance between two diametrically opposite ends? 4. How does the resistance of a conductor change if its temperature is increased? 5. A current of 4A flows in a wire of resistance 60 ohms. Calculate electrical energy consumed in 2 minutes

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    welfare system should be changed in order to support those who really need aid. It is terrible to see individuals who truly need help not be able to receive it because of other people who take advantage of something they do not need. To comprehend the overuse of welfare‚ we can take into consideration grocery stores at the first of the month. Checks come out at the first of the month‚ which means most people are likely to go grocery shopping. During the first of the month‚ my local grocery stores are usually

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    they keep changing their smart phones. They think they are out-dated if they do not use the same or better mobile phone and they will not have common topic with their friends. Pressure of social communication is the biggest reason that young adult overuse mobile device. A research had pointed out Korean adolescent girls are over using of mobile phones to

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