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Discovery of Electricity
Ben Franklin discovered that electricity existed through lightning. This was a key event for this timeline because it "sparked" the rest of the events to occur. -
The Electric Motor
The electric motor was then created by Thomas Davenport. This event is important to this timeline because this motor is used in a lot of our current inventions today. -
The Fuel Cell
An invention was created by William Grove that was used to produce energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen. This was called the fuel cell. -
The Morse Telegraph
Famous Samuel Morse created the telegraph and started the revolution of sending messages long distance. -
The Lightbulb
Easily, one of the most known key event of electricity's history: the creation of the lightbulb by Thomas Edison -
Coil Transformer
William Stanley introduced his invention and it is said to be another key event. Not only did he introduce the coil transformer but also an alternating current electric system in 1886 -
Wind Power
Charles Brush introduced a "safe" way to creating energy by using a wind turbine. -
Energy Harvested from the Sun
Henry Becquerel experimented with electrolyte cells until he observed the production of electricity harvested directly from the sun. -
Geothermal Power Plant
Piero Ginori Conti created the precedence of the use of geothermal power. -
Photoelectric Cells
The discovery of energy cells called Photoelectric Cells was made. These are the cells that are used today in motion-censored machines.
