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Information: This category is for sites that are related to recounting and analysing the history of the development of this key branch of Physics.
Alessandro Volta and the electric battery Alessandro Volta and the electric battery: Full text online of a book by Bern Dibner on the invention of the battery and the discovery of electric current. (History) http://dibinst.mit.edu/BURNDY/OnlinePubs/Volta/index.html
Historical Beginnings of Theories of Electricity and Magnetism Historical Beginnings of Theories of Electricity and Magnetism: A lecture from professor Michael Fowler at U of Virginia. Long and detailed. (History) http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/E&M_Hist.html
History History: A time line of the development of electromagnetism from 900 BC to 1905. (History) http://maxwell.byu.edu/~spencerr/phys442/node4.html
Tesla Files Tesla Files: A brief description of Tesla, his life, and his works. (History) http://www.geocities.com/ianspage2002/index.html
Sketches of the History of Electromagnetics Sketches of the History of Electromagnetics: Timeline of classical electromagnetism, including optics, magnetism, electricity and their unification. (History) http://history.hyperjeff.net/electromagnetism.html
The Great Magnet, the Earth The Great Magnet, the Earth: Commemorating the 400th anniversary of "De Magnete" by William Gilbert of Colchester. (History) http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/earthmag/demagint.htm