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PASSAGE 2:

Early investigations of static electricity go back hundreds of years. Static electricity is a transfer of electrons produced by friction, like when you rub a balloon across a sweater. A spark or very brief flow of current can occur when charged objects come into contact, but there is no continuous flow of current. In the absence of a continuous current, there is no useful application of electricity. The invention of the battery, a breakthrough which could produce a continuous flow of current, made possible the development of the first electric circuits. Alessandro Volta made the first battery, the voltaic pile, in 1800. The very first circuits used a battery and electrodes immersed in a container of water. The flow of current through the water produced hydrogen and oxygen.

The first widespread application of electric circuits for practical use was for electric lighting. Shortly after Thomas Edison invented his incandescent light bulb, he sought practical applications for it by developing an entire power generation and distribution system. The first such system in the United States was the Pearl Street Station in downtown Manhattan. It provided a few square blocks of the city with electric power, primarily for illumination.

The passage provides sufficient information to answer which of the following questions? I. What was the incident leading to the discovery of electricity? II. What were some parts used in the early circuits? III. In which decade did Edison invent the light bulb?