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One day, Ben Franklin decided to tie a key to a kite during a storm to prove that static electricity and lightning were the same thing.
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Thomas Davenport invented something called the "Electric Motor", which is used in many appliances today.
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William Robert Grove invented the Fuel Cell, which makes electrical energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen.
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The photovoltaic effect is the creation of an electric current in a material when exposed to light.
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Samuel Morse invented something called the "electric Telegraph" that allowed people to send telegraphs through an electric wire.
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Thomas Edison invented a the first ever light bulb. (although at first it only lasted for 40 hrs before burning out)
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William Stanley made the first induction coil transformer as well as an alternating current electric system.
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Charles Brush made the first ever wind turbine in order to generate electricity.
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Henry Becquerel observed the production of electricity from the sun and then experimented with electrolytic cells that were made of metal electrodes.
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Piero Ginori Conti invented the first ever geothermal electric power plant.
