History of Electrostasis

The earliest records of electrostatic phenomena date back to around 600 BC, when the ancient Greek philosopher Thales discovered it while studying the magnetic properties of natural magnets.

From the 16th to the 18th century, humans began to experiment to explore electrostatic phenomena and explain the scientific problems behind them, and many electrostatic phenomena were observed during this period.

Gilbert observed that although amber and other friction can attract light and small objects, their properties are different from magnets and do not guide the north direction;
Haxby observed electrostatic induction;
Gray observed and verified the conductivity of electricity; And so on.
During this period, many classic instruments or devices were constantly discovered and applied.
The first electrical tester was invented by Gilbert, the father of electricity,
The first friction electrostatic starter was invented by Griquet;
The first Leiden bottle was invented by Ewald and perfected by Leiden University professor Mason Brock;
The first induction panel, volt battery, was invented by volta;
Coulomb torsion scale (coulomb balance) was invented by coulomb;
Faraday cage was invented by Faraday; Wait a minute.
During this period, many classic instruments or devices were constantly discovered and applied.
The first electrical electroscope was invented by Gilbert, the father of electricity, and the
first friction electrostatic starter was invented by Griquet;
The first Leiden bottle was invented by Ewald and perfected by Leiden University professor Mason Brock;
The first induction panel, volt battery, was invented by volta;
Coulomb torsion scale (coulomb balance) was invented by coulomb;
Faraday cage was invented by Faraday; Wait a minute.
During this period, humans also tried to explain many electrostatic phenomena.
Gilbert divides objects into "triboelectric bodies" and "non-frictional electrogenizers";
Duffy divided electricity into "glass electricity" and "resin electricity", and put forward the hypothesis that "objects with the same charge repel each other, and objects with different electricity attract each other";
Franklin proposed the hypothesis of a "current body"; Wait a minute.
These observations of scientific phenomena, the invention of scientific instruments or devices, and the assumptions of scientific phenomena have made the transition of electrostatics from simple observation records to experimental verification, and have also played a crucial role in the development of modern electrostatics.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, electrostatics moved from the experimental stage to the theoretical stage, and the scientific problems behind many physical phenomena were constantly explained, derived, verified and applied.
The development of electricity is not limited to electrostatics, but also began to develop to electromagnetism, and then uses the theory of electromagnetism to guide the development of electrostatics.
Electrostatics can be said to be the basis of electromagnetism, but also a branch of electromagnetism, which is based on the law of conservation of charge and Coulomb's law, using basic concepts such as charge, electric field, potential, electric dipole, polarization, work function, etc., to develop scientific principles or laws such as electrostatic field loop theorem, Gaussian theorem, electrostatic field energy theorem, Lorentz electron theory, etc., to explain the phenomenon of charged and electrostatic force of matter.
After 80 years of the 20th century, after a large number of experiments and statistics, some standards proposed several electrostatic discharge models, human body model HBM, mechanical model MM and charged device model CDM, and standardized in the form of technical standards.
As a result, various measuring instruments and test devices based on these models have been designed, and have been widely used.
Bibliography "Electrostatic Protection Technology and Management in Electronics Industry"