Some Historical Points of View on Electricity in the Slovak Region

Interest in electricity was marked in Slovakia as well. First remarks dated back to the beginning of the 18th century but they did not have scientific nature. The sparks were connected with minerals and lightning with meteors. Remarkably, we can distinguish between antefranklin and postfranklin periods. I have mentioned some very important persons for Slovakia in recalling the development of electricity in Slovakia in the first half of the 19th century. In 18th century there was a big interest in electric phenomena in the whole world. Two circumstances changed the originally amusing nature of experiments in the field of electricity in the second half of the century: discovery of the so-called Leyden bottle and atmospheric electricity. It was possible to concentrate a bigger amount of charge in the Leyden bottle and so to raise big sparks. Then it was easier to find out affinity between an electric spark and lightning. Richman’s tragic death in the year 1753 showed that a new strong weapon was invented. The invention of the lightning conductor made Franklin very popular and represented a fast spread of his inventions