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Paleo-Indians used hot springs in North American to cooking, In 10000 bce
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Thomas Savery created "the Miners Friend", a machine that pumps water from coal mines.
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Benjamin Franklin went outside and flew a kite with a key attached. Henoticed the stirng stand up and he touched the key and it shocked him.
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Alessandro Volta created the electric battery and named it 'Volt'.
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San Francisco Gas Company created a methane gas from coal that, later on, begun to be produced in quantities in 1854.
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Edwin Drake discovered oil on accident.
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The City of Alameda contracted with Jenney Electric Light Company to construct a 90-kilowatt power plant and build 13 streetlight masts.
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Joseph John Thomson discovers an electron.
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New York Creats a materials recovery facility where trash is sorted at "picking yards" and separated into various grades of paper, metals, and carpet. Burlap bags, twine, rubber, and even horsehair are also sorted for recycling or reuse.
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Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal electric power plant.
