Annotated Bibliographies
Books:
Parker, Steve. Electricity. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1992. Print.
In this book it is using the history of electricity and how it is widely involved for everything in our lives. This book also has many great pictures, examples, and explanations of all the pictures being used to create a better understanding of each tool and electricity.
Walker, Sally M., and Andy King. Electricity. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications,
2006. Print.
In this book by Sally M. and Andy King, electricity is described in its simplest form for a better understanding of the moderate complicated topic. Electricity is introduced in the forms of atoms and how the electric charge works. Also everything is put all together of how different scientifical methods of electricity relate and how currents and circuits work.
Dictionary:
Fetzer, Scott. "Electricity." World Book Dictionary. A-K ed. Vol. 1. Chicago: World
Book Dictionary, 1987. 678. Print.
This dictionary has a very basic yet useful definition of what electricity is. This simple definition of electricity could be used for anything in our form of presentation. This source also has many other surrounding definitions of different electricity forms.
Encyclopedia:
Fetzer, Scott. "Electricity." World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. U.S.A: World
Book, 1987. 147-54. Print.
The encyclopedia Being used has a great section and good pictures of electricity. It explains all the forms electricity can be used in and how it is important to form energy. This book is a great reference because it is available at all times whenever needed.
Websites: (Primary)
Baxamusa, Batul Nafisa. "Who Invented Electricity?" Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 06 Oct.
2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2012.
<http://www.buzzle.com/whoinvented/electricity.htm>
This website gives a long term history that dates back into B.C. time of who invented electricity. This website also involves names of other scientists who have made a big impact on the discovery of electricity or have helped developed more information on this world changing discovery.
Bellis, Mary. "Death and Money - The History of the Electric Chair." Inventors. N.p.,n.d.Web.28Nov.2012. <http://inventors.about.com/od/hstartinventions/a/Electric_Chair.htm>. This article shows us one of the ways electricity was put to use. The electric chair was used to serve as punishment in the jury system.
"Benjamin Franklin and Electricity." The Franklin Institute - Home - 215.448.1200. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/scientst/electric.html>. This website talks about how benjamin franklin was affliated with the invention of electricity. How he made many things possible.
"Ben Franklin Electricity." - A Story of Invention. N.p., 2012. Web. 29 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.electricityforum.com/ben-franklin-electricity.html>.
The Website provided above gives good information on our current topic. Most of the information given is about Ben Franklin and how he came about the research of electricity and why he decided to go further into researching electricity.
"Benjamin Franklin the Father of Electricity." Benjamin Franklin the Father of
Electricity. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2012.
<http://www.electricitybenfranklin.com>
The website given is just a basic summary of Benjamin Franklin’s broad discovery of electricity. There is also an explanation of the important role Benjamin Franklin had on electricity. Lastly there is a little biography of Benjamin Franklin.
Berelli.Thomson "Thomas Edison - The Inventions of Thomas Edison." Thomas Edison –
The Inventions of Thomas Edison. About.com, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2012.
<http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm>
The site provided gives information on the early inventions that use electricity and impact our world today. Most of these inventions were all made by Thomas Edison and they couldn't be invented without the help of electricity. There is also a bio on Edison and a description of his inventions.
Coffey, Jerry. "Who Discovered Electricity." Universe Today. N.p., 12 Jan. 2010. Web.
29 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.universetoday.com/82402/who-discovered-electricity/>.
This website given above gives more scientifical reasons of Mother Nature and how electricity is produced among the earth. This website also provides good sources that resemble the topic and help the website researcher out.
"Electricity - Human Science - a Wikia wiki." Human Science. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012. <http://humanscience.wikia.com/wiki/Electricity>. This page gives many statistics on what the earth would do without electricity. They ran many interesting test on what the reaction would be if electricity would stop being produced.
"Electricity Invented." Electricity Invented. N.p., 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2012
<http://www.electricityinvented.com>
This website explains the glory and the shaping of electricity and how people approached electricity so that we could all use it like how it is used today. It also gives statements of how electricity was not invented and how it was exposed to the world.
"Electricity Is The Best Invention ." the lifestyle blogzine. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://haha.nu/misc/electricity-is-the-best-invention/>. This website gives information in a diffrent perspective then the rest. It talks about how life would be without electricity.
"Electricity." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Oct. 2012. Web. 29 Oct. 2012.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity>.
On Wikipedia the information that is given is very useful because it has a broad variety of selections and chapters. Also Wikipedia usually has a good explanations and electricity is defined very reasonably in this website.
Bocco, Diana, and Niki Foster. WiseGeek. Conjecture, 29 Oct. 2012. Web. 29 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.wisegeek.com/who-discovered-electricity.htm>.
The website given gives more broad information on the history of electricity. It gives a bit of a story on Ben Franklin’s famous Mother Nature discovery. This website also has many good link and videos to share for further information.
Gilliard, Martin. "Invention Of Electricity." Innovation Creativity: The definitive guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://www.innovation-creativity.com/invention-of-electricity.html>. In this website electricity is described as a way to understand it and how it is used. The other explanations given in this website is how electricity is transformed to be used and how it is generated.
Hatzel, John D., and Joseph Buehler. "A Brief History of Electricity ." Ampersand Communications: Public Relations, Marketing Communications and Newsfeatures Syndication. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012. <http://www.ampersandcom.com/ampersandcommunications/ABriefHistoryofElectricity.htm>. This particular site does not give too much information but the little that is does is very informative. Mainly on what process to make electricity occur in a bulb.
Higins, Andrew. "What is electricity." Buzzle. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://www.buzzle.com/articles/who-invented-electricity.html>. This website is a more historical insight of the first electrical inventions. It dates back to egyptian theories and how they used it.
"History of Electricity." Forte Electric Inc. Residential Electrician Serving all of Long Island. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012. <http://forteelectric.com/HistoryElectricity.html>. This is where we fit Benjamin Franklin into the picture. In 1752 Franklin presented the idea that electricity had positive and negative elements and that the flow was from positive to negative.
"How Electricity Works." HowStuffWorks. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
<http://science.howstuffworks.com/electricity.htm>.
On this website, Electricity is greatly explained into what is almost a little book to get the understanding of how electricity works. This website give plenty of good information and there are also video to help how to understand the whole basic concept of electricity. This website will be used a lot and is very important in the information that it has given on out topic.
Websites: (Secondary)
"HyperPhysics Concepts." HyperPhysics Concepts. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
<http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/emcon.html>.
This website provides a big part of the scientifical matter of electricity and its magnetism. This chart takes a view of all the matter, atoms, and different scientifical theorems that go into what is known as electricity. The chart provided could be used as a great way to visibly see what scientifically goes into the creation of electricity.
"Introduction to Electricity." Introduction to Electricity. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Electricity/electricityintro.htm>.
The website found above is a whole segment given just about electricity. This website is very useful because all the information is based only on electricity and tells all about the history until present on how it’s used. Also this website can be used for any help needed about understanding electricity.
" Importance of Electricity." Life without electricity. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012. <http://www.publishyourarticles.net/eng/articles/an-essay-on-the-importance-of-electricity.html>. This page talks about the importance of electricity and what life would be without it. Many say that life would not exist without thankfully we never had to find out.
"Invention of the Light Bulb." ENCHANTED LEARNING . N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2012. <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/edison/lightbulb.shtml>. This particular site does not give too much information but the little that is does is very informative. Mainly on what process to make electricity occur in a bulb.
"Invention Story of Electricity." Read and Digest. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2012.
<http://readanddigest.com/who-invented-electricity/>
This website states that in modern society people around the world cannot think of their lives without electricity. Also electricity has been one of the major assets for everyday works. Lastly electricity is the energy produced by the nature, but it took lot of years for us humans to appreciate how electricity can be used to get things done and is if anything it is a discovery and not an invention.
Invention, the time of Edison's 1879 lamp, and gas. "Light Bulb History - Invention of the Light Bulb." The Great Idea Finder - Celebrating the Spirit of Innovation . N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/lightbulb.htm>. This article shows us who the first one to invent the light bulb. The light bulb is one of the most popular use for electricity.
Leposky , Rosali Leposky , and Joseph Buehler. "A Brief History of Electricity ." Ampersand Communications: Public Relations, Marketing Communications and Newsfeatures Syndication. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://www.ampersandcom.com/ampersandcommunications/ABriefHistoryofElectricity.htm>. This is a timeline that explains the stepping stones to the invention of eletricity. Who the main people that discovered it and what they did with the knoledge they had of it.
"Lighting A Revolution: 19th Century Competition." Home | National Museum of American History. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://americanhistory.si.edu/lighting/19thcent/comp19.htm>. This page tells us how edison invented the indascent light. They also tell us how people reacted to the invention both good and bad.
LoveToKnow.corp. "Who Invented Electricity?" Who Invented Electricity? N.p., n.d.
Web. 12 Dec. 2012.
<http://science.yourdictionary.com/articles/who-invented-electricity.html>
The website given is sort of a timeline of all the contributors that devoted their lives into researching more in depth of electricity. An interesting thing about this website is the intro which gives a very simple and great question, “Imagine your life for a moment without electricity. Electricity affects almost every aspect of our lives—from how we travel to how we spend our weekends. Yet, what is the history of electricity?”
"Michael Faraday - Inventor of the Electric Motor." Inventors. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfaraday.htm>. British physicist and chemist, best known for his discoveries of electromagnetic induction and of the laws of electrolysis. His biggest breakthrough in electricity was his invention of the electric motor.
"Nikola Tesla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla>. This page talks about one of the great electrical enineers. He did not invent electricity but got the concept and invented genious ways to use it.
Oak, Manali. Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 19 Aug. 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2012.
<http://buzzle.com/hostory/electricity.htm>
This website provides the discovery of electricity and how Benjamin Franklin was credited. This website also provides the information of the invention of static electricity and how it dates back to 600 B.C.
"The Importance of Electricity." EzineArticles Submission - Submit Your Best Quality Original Articles For Massive Exposure, Ezine Publishers Get 25 Free Article Reprints. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Importance-of-Electricity&id=1213408>. This website shows how electricity is generated and what is needed to make it possible. Also it explains how important it is.
"The Baldwin Project." The Baldwin Online . N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2012. <http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=bachman&book=inventors&story=electric>. This website overviews a great use that electricity was used to make possible. It was about the invention of the electrical engine and electric locomotive.
The History of Electricity - Electronics." The History of Electricity - Electronics.
About.com, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2012.
<http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blelectric.htm>.
In this website electricity is described as a way to understand it and how it is used. The other explanations given in this website is how electricity is transformed to be used and how it is generated. Also there is good information of how energy is being made or used today and all the sources being used to generate it. This website is probably the most informational and important one yet found.
"When was electricity invented." Science and Inventions | Groundbreaking discoveries and the inventors behind them. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012. <http://www.scienceandinventions.com/who-discovered-electricity/>. This page gives in depth information on when exactly electricity was discovered. The truth is that there was never a exact date as it was being discovered all over the world
"Who Discovered Electricity?" Science and Inventions. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2012.
<http://www.electricityinvented.com>
This website gives a small conclusion of electricity. This little piece of writing could also be used as a great addition to the project. Lastly this website provides a couple of useful links.
"Who Discovered Electricity?." Who Discovered It. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012. <http://www.whodiscoveredit.com/who-discovered-electricity.html>. In this website like many other talks about the true inventor of electricity. But set aside from all it tells how it was invented and the theory of it all.
"Who Invented Electricity." Who Invented. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://www.who-invented.org/electricity.html>. This website shows the first invintor of not electricity but the discovery of what was used to make it possible. So William Gilbert published the first scientific study of electrical and magnetic.