Descargas eléctricas y sus aplicaciones Descargas eléctricas y sus aplicaciones

Abstract

Electrical discharges have been, for man, initially cause for admiration, then under consideration, and finally application. This cycle has been repeated throughout the history of humanity. The first electrical discharges known to man are called natural discharges, known more commonly atmospheric discharge or lightning; one of the most important effects of lightning was the formation of fire; even, for some authors,
it was the way our ancestors knew fire. There are many examples from the Greek philosophers, scientists through the eighteenth century, who were inspired by the atmospheric discharge to build their theories, such as theories of electric charge, which ended in such technological applications.