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Alesandro Volta created the first battery, as the result of a proffessional disagreement with his colleague Galvani. Consisted of two electrodes, one made of zinc and the other of copper.
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British engineer William Symington invents the steamboat for towing barges.
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1837 Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, and invention that is used in most electrical appliances today.
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Lester Pelton made the first water mill by using a turbine and two buckets.
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Auguste Mouchout, a mathematics instructor, was able to convert solar radiation directly into mechanical power.
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Normally, we think that Thomas Edison created the incandescent lightbulb. Well, he created a lightbulb that burned longer, but not the first. The first incandescent lightbulb came from an inventor named Joseph Swan. This lightbulb only lasted 13.5 hours, but it was the first.
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In Cleveland, Ohio, U.S, scientist and businessman Charles Brush builds the first wind turbine to generate electricity. Measuring 17 meters tall and using 144 cedar rotor blades, it has a capacity of 12 kilowatts.
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Galileo Ferraris makes public his AC polyphase motor first conceived in 1885. It is a motor that works without a communicator.
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The Lakeside Power Plant in Wisconsin, eventually became the first powerplant to burn only pulverized coal. Pulverized coal is the powdered coal, or coal dust. It is believed to be so fine,it will burn almost as easily as gas.
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As of 2008 hydropower is the most used alternative energy resource followed by solar and wind power respectively.
