Definition:Electrostatics/Historical Note

Historical Note on Electrostatics

The phenomenon of static electricity was known about as early as $2500$ years ago, when Thales of Miletus remarked on the fact that a piece of amber, when rubbed, can attract small particles of matter.

From this demonstration has evolved the entire field of electrostatics.

Sources

• 1958: C.A. Coulson: Electricity (5th ed.) ... (next): Chapter $\text {I}$: Preliminary Survey: $\S 1$. Electrostatics