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  Jeronimo de Ayanz is thought to be the first to use steam power to propel water from mines.
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  Proved nerve cells pass energy to muscles creating electricity.
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  Robert Stirling created the energy that concentrated the sun's heat into power.
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  Samuel Morse proved that messages could be transmitted by wire.
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  William Grove invents the first fuel cell.
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  Created by Thomas Edison after 20 other inventors.
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  Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested and built in Italy.
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  Einstein created a laser that would absorb and emit electromagnetic radiation.
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  Operated in Obninsk.
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  Built in France to convert ital waves into energy.