Scientist for EM WAVES
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William Gilbert
-systematically studied magnetism and coined the term "electricus" to describe materials that attracted small objects.
Hans Christian Orsted
-he discovered that an electric current is surrounded by magnetic field
Michael Faraday
-he discovered that a moving wire through a magnetic field
could produce an electric current
-Electromagnetic Induction
Joseph Henry
-current produced by magnetic field is an induced current
James Clerk Maxwell
-he formulated the famous Maxwell’s
equation
-The key idea is that electromagnetic
waves travel at the speed of light,
meaning light itself is an electromagnetic
wave.
- SCIENTIFIC THEORY
Heinrich Hertz
-his experiment confirmed
the existence of
electromagnetic waves
predicted by Maxwell.
-he proved the existence of radio waves
-unit of frequency of a radio wave:
1 cycle/ second (Hertz)
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