one was michael faraday, scottish guy in england and the other was joseph henry, an american type in vermont in the 13 colonies. and they both at the same time found the same effect. and here's what they discovered. th had meters similar to this at that time, but they didn't know how to get electricity. well, they get electricity from batteries. a fellow by the name of volta, alessandro volta, italian type, made batteries. and that was kind of nice. everyone's excited about electricity. and then michahael faraday and joseph henry discovered the following, no batteries. battery's over there, gang. no batteries, no tricks. magnet, wire, meter. watch this. you see anything? no. faraday didn't see anything, either. [laughter] okay. and--but watch this. henry didn't see anything, either, but watch this. did you see something? yeah. again. my goodness. my goodness. there's no battery nearby and guess what we are generating? begin with e, c. electric current. i am generating electric current. and faraday and henry found out that. no batteries, no cells, no lightning, none of that, just the

one was michael faraday, a scottish guy in england and the other was joseph henry, an american type in vermont in the 13 colonies. and they both at the same time found the same effect. and here's what they discovered. they had meters similar to this at that time, but they didn't know how to get electricity. well, they get electricity from batteries. a fellow by the name of volta, alessandro volta, italian type, made batteries. and that was kind of nice. everyone's excited about electricity. and then michahael faraday and joseph henry discovered the following, no batteries. battery's over there, gang. no batteries, no tricks. magnet, wire, meter. watch this. you see anything? no. faraday didn't see anything, either. [laughter] okay. and--but watch this. henry didn't see anything, either, but watch this. did you see something? yeah. again. my goodness. my goodness. there's no battery nearby and guess what we are generating? begin with e, c. electric current. i am generating electric current. and faraday and henry found out that. no batteries, no cells, no lightning, none of that, just th