Editing Faraday cage (section)

== History ==
In 1754, [[Jean-Antoine Nollet]] published an account of the cage effect in his ''Leçons de physique expérimentale''.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/traitdlectricit02mascgoog | page=[https://archive.org/details/traitdlectricit02mascgoog/page/n111 95] | quote=Faraday Cage Nollet. | title=Traité d'électricité statique| publisher=G. Masson | last1=Mascart| first1=Éleuthère Élie Nicolas| year=1876}}</ref> 

In 1755, [[Benjamin Franklin]] observed the effect by lowering an uncharged cork ball suspended on a silk thread through an opening in an electrically charged metal can. The behavior is that of a Faraday cage or shield.<ref>Krauss, J. D. (1992) ''Electromagnetics'', 4th ed., McGraw-Hill. {{ISBN|0-07-035621-1}}</ref>{{failed verification|reason=not in other books by Kraus[sic]]]|date=February 2024}}

In 1836, Michael Faraday observed that the excess charge on a charged conductor resided only on its exterior and had no influence on anything enclosed within it. To demonstrate this, he built a room coated with metal foil and allowed high-voltage discharges from an electrostatic generator to strike the outside of the room. He used an [[electroscope]] to show that there was no electric charge present on the inside of the room walls.