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When did man first use electricity?

Of course, today it is difficult for us to imagine life without electricity. But people have been able to use electricity only since 1800. In 1800, Alessandro Volta invented the first battery and thus gave the world the first reliable constant current source. It soon became known that electric current can be used to generate heat, light, support chemical reactions, and create magnetic effects.

Volta's discovery of the constant flow of electricity was a great step forward. Various types of machines were developed, but they were only another impetus in the development of electricity. Volta's discovery led to many developments based on the use of electricity. Sir Humphry Davy discovered that electric currents decompose solutions of certain substances in water into their constituent parts. These experiments gave rise to processes that led to the production of cheap aluminum, pure copper, chlorine, various acids and fertilizers, and especially alloyed steels.

Later it became known that electric current causes magnetic phenomena. A coil of wire through which an electric current passes acts like a bar magnet. This discovery led to the development of all types of electrical devices that produced some kind of mechanical work.

Later, Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction. This led to the emergence of electric dynamos and transformers. So, we see that man began to use electricity for practical purposes relatively recently and continues to work on new discoveries and improvements in this area.

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