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1600s

William Gilbert uses the word 1733

electricity for the first time and defines

the term electric force as the
phenomenon of attraction that occurs 1907

when rubbing certain substances. 1936

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1773

Charles Franois de Cisternay du Fay 1733

publishes his works being the first to

identify the existence of two types of
electrical charges (positive and 1907

negative). 1936

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1907

Leo Baekeland creates Bakelite, 1733

which was the first completely

synthetic plastic substance. It is a
fenoplastic that currently has 1907

applications of interest. 1936

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1936

Paul Eisler is probably the inventor of 1733

the printed circuit, since he made one

while working on the construction of a
radio. 1907

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The United States began to use this 1733

large-scale printed circuit technology

to manufacture radios that were
robust, for World War II. 1907

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After the war, USA released the invention of the 1733

PCB for commercial use. In 1949, Moe Abramson

and Stanilus F. Danko developed the self-
assembly process, where the component pins 1907

were inserted into a copper foil with the 1936

interconnection pattern, and then welded.
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1958

The first Integrated Circuit was 1733

developed by Engineer Jack St. Clair

Kilby, just months after being hired by
Texas Instruments. 1907

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FAIRCHILD manufactured a device 1733

called the 907 that contained two logic

gates, which consisted of four bipolar
transistors and four resistors. 1907

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