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Most scientists, inventors and engineers do not come up with their ideas all on their own but rather

build upon the ideas or inventions of others. Name two scientists/inventors/engineers in the field of
electricity that obviously used ideas from other people to advance their own ideas and/or inventions,
Include the people from whom they 'borrowed their ideas,

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Answer:

Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison

and Robert Anderson, Thomas Davenport

Step-by-step explanation:

Edison was Franklin's idol in studying electricity (Edison's electric light bulb, and Franklin's metal key string kite static experiment)

Anderson and Davenport for the first electric car

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