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Benjamin Franklin conducted an experiment with a key tied to a kite in the middle of a lighting storm
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Luigi Aloisio Galvani studied bioelectricity, a field that still today studies the electrical patterns and signals of the nervous system.
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Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot developed the Carnot heat engine that is the basic theoretical model for all heat engines.
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William Sturgeon invented the electric motor.
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Sir William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell by combining hydrogen and oxygen.
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Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph, a machine that people used to get messages across America by a wire.
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After many experiments, Thomas Edison invented an incandescent light bulb that could be used close to 40 hours without burning out.
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The ruby laser was invented by Theodore H. White.
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Alessandro Volta invented the electric battery.
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The Geothermal Energy Association includes U.S. companies that develop geothermal resources worldwide for electrical power generation.
