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Thomas Savery patented a steam pump that used steam in direct contact with the water being pumped.
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Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity by flying a kite with a key on the string during a lightning storm.
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Volta created the first modern day battery
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Thomas Davenport obtained the first patent in the US for an electric motor.
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The first news was dispatched by electric telegraph.
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Peter von Rittinger worked to develop and build the first heat pump.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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Thomas Edison patented the incandescent bulb
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Professor James Blyth built the first windmill to produce electricity.
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Aleksandr Stoletov created the first solar cell based on the outer photoelectric effect.
