10 Key Historical Energy Events

  • Light !

    Light !

    Humphry Davy invented the first electric light.
  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine

    In the 1830s, they were able to create the very first functional sewing machine. It was made by a french tailor.
  • Law of Electrical

    Law of Electrical

    Joule's Law on electricity was published.
  • The telephone

    The telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in 1875.
  • Electric Battery Invented

    Electric Battery Invented

  • First Commercial Power Station

    First Commercial Power Station

  • Automobile with Internal Power

    Automobile with Internal Power

    This was the year that the first automobile was created that ran off of an internal engine.
  • Turbine

    Turbine

    The first windmill was built in Scotland.
  • Computers!

    Computers!

    Konrad Zuse built the first computer that was able to have programs on it.
  • Atomic Bomb

    Atomic Bomb

    This was the time that the first atomic bomb was tested in New Mexico.