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Publication Date: 2005-Jul-1
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The Origins of Positive and Negative in Electricity
Jensen, William B.
Journal of Chemical Education, v82 n7 p988 Jul 2005
Benjamin Franklin first introduced the terms positive and negative into electrical theory in the year 1747. The positive and negative terms originally had nothing to do with inherent electrical charge, but rather indicated which object had an excess of electrical fluid indicating positive, and which had a deficiency, indicating negative.
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