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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.
  • First Battery

    First Battery

    Gaston Plante developed the first practical storage lead-acid battery that could be recharged.
  • The Telephone

    The Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in 1875.
  • Power Station

    Power Station

    The first commercial power station started.
  • 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.