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Sydney gets electricity - July 8, 1904
ON THIS DAY IN 1904, Sydney’s electric streetlights were switched on for the first time.
Early electricity
Question: What was the first electrical appliance used in Australia and in what year was it first used? Museum Victoria attempts to answer the question.
Famous Scientists who have impacted Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Who are the scientists that gave their names to electrical units such as Volts, Amps, Ohms, Coulombs etc.?
Squishy circuits
Squishy circuits are a project from the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas. The goal of the project is to design tools and activities which allow kids of all ages to create circuits and explore electronics using play dough.
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) made dozens of breakthroughs in the production, transmission and application of electric power.
Electrical Energy in the Home
Notes on all things electrical from Bob Emory inc. electrostatics, Ohm's Law, resistance & conductors and much more.
Learning about Electricity and Magnetism
This is one-stop shopping for nearly anything you might want to know about electricity and magnetism. Includes interactive tutorials, museum objects, and much more.
Electricity and Magnetism
From Michael W. Davidson and Florida State University ... timeline, interactive tutorials, inventors & pioneers, museum pieces, articles and information galore.
Links to all sorts of Electrical Stuff
From the University of Sydney, a page of links to resources, tutorials, information, etc. about electrics in the home, history of electricity, electric circuits, series & parallel circuits, inventions, and electrical safety.

Electricity Timelines

Electricity Timeline - from 600BC to 2000 - from British Energy

Timeline of electricity and magnetism from Florida State University's Magnet Lab

The history of electricity from Salem Electric

Electricity timeline from TwoThirty Volts

Electricity - A Video Playlist

A series of 8 YouTube videos about Electricity. Find out lots about Coulomb's Law, AC/DC current, ohms, amps & voltage and series and parallel circuits. You might also check out other videos by these YouTubers. They have lots more videos relevant to this topic on their YouTube channels.

Coulomb Law by S. Ghosh (4:23)
Electrostatics pt. 1 : introduction to charge and Coulomb's Law by Khan Academy (14:02)
Positive and negative charge by Bozeman Science (5:24)
What are VOLTS, OHMS and AMPS? by Daniel Sullivan (8:44)
Voltage, current and power explained by AddOhms (3:36)
What does AC and DC mean for electronics by AddOhms (4:23)
AC vs DC by ScienceOnline (10:22)
Series and parallel circuits by Bozeman Science (8:05)

Non-fiction books in the SHGC Library

Listed below is a selection of non-fiction books about Electricity that are in the SHGC Library collection. Check the Library catalogue for other relevant titles.

Energy by Jack Challoner
Call Number: 531.6 CHA
Publication Date: 1993
Discover the amazing story of energy - where we can find it and how we can make the most of it.
Electricity by Steve Parker
Call Number: 537 PAR
Publication Date: 1993
Explore the amazing story of electricity - from the earliest discoveries ...
Shocking Science by Shar Levine; Leslie Johnstone
Call Number: 537.078 LEV
Publication Date: 1999
Fun & fascinating electrical experiments ...
Electricity by Martin J. Gutnik
Call Number: 537.09 GUT
Publication Date: 1986
Electricity by Robert Heath
Call Number: 537.6 HEA
Publication Date: 1987
An introduction to and experiments about electric circuits. Learn about switches, parallel and series circuits among other things.
Thomas Edison : genius of electricity by Keith Ellis
Call Number: 537.92 ELL
Publication Date: 1974
A biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor extraordinaire.