Introduction: This essay will explore the development of currently accepted ideas about the nature of electricity and magnetism. The article will begin in the ancient Greeks and continue to the present day. As part of the development of our modern understanding of electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetism, our predecessors conducted research that is now accepted and replicated in modern classrooms. As new phenomena were observed, new explanations and conclusions were sought. This has led to a varied amount of documented scientific arguments and different viewpoints on topics related to the nature of electricity which will be discussed in this article. The subject of electricity is extremely broad, so the topics that will be described in this article will be divided into different sections of each area of ​​electricity. Properties of Charged Objects: The Ancient Greeks were the first to discover the basic properties of electrically charged objects. The phenomenon is believed to have proven to be a nuisance to ancient Greek spinners who used an amber distaff on their spindles to spin wool. The distaff would become electrically charged, which would attract dust and lint toward the distaff. It was found that the Greeks discovered that a number of different materials could be charged, not only the amber distaff, but that all of these charged bodies could attract other uncharged bodies. They showed that no uncharged material was affected by the charged material. In fact, this attraction was material specific. In De Magnete in 1600, William Gilbert (1544-1603), a London physician carried out various investigations with an instrument called a versorium. A versorium is a set of needles...... middle of paper...... teaching. " Science & Education 10.4 (2001): 379-389.2. Gilbert, W.: 1958, De Magnete, translated by P. Fleury Mottelay in 1893, Dover, Publications, Inc. New York.3 Whittacker, Sir Edmund: 1951, Une history of the theories of ether and electricity, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., London.4. D.: 1965, Foundations of modern physical science, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Ltd., Reading5 Scholz, Fritz " From the Leiden pot to the discovery of the glass electrode by Max Cremer." Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 15.1 (2011): 5-14.6. Millikan, RA: 1917, "A new determination of e, N and associated constants" , Phil Mag 34(199),1-19.7. Physics Leaving Certificate and Junior Science Certificate published by The Stationery Bureau to purchase directly from: Government Publications Sales Office, Sun Alliance House, Molesworth Street, Dublin. 2.