The early experimenters pave the way. Two centuries of tinkering yields the battery.
Otto von Guericke, Benjamin Franklin, Alessandro Volta
fleshmen
world builders
electricity: 1600-1900
Discovery of the relationship between magnetism and current led to inventions that would electrify the cities.
Hans Orstead, Marie Ampere, Michael Faraday
A class of one
James Clerk Maxwell
Developed the technologies that would shape the modern era. With royalties and fees.
Edison, Bell, Tesla