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Ben Franklin tied a key onto a kite during a storm and proved that static electricity and lightning were the same. His correct understanding of the nature of electricity paved the way for the future.
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Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. Originally invented by Luigi Aloisio Galvani, but improved by Michael Faraday later on.
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Luigi Galvani discovered bioelectricity. Showed that nerve cells passing signals to muscles is a form of electricity.
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Alessandro Volta created the first battery, as the result of a professional disagreement with his colleague Galvani. Consisted of two electrodes, one made of zinc and the other copper.
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Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that is used in most electrical appliances today. He invented it in Forest Dale Vermont, US.
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Sir William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell, a device that produces electrical energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen.The fuel cell was made in Brasenose College, Oxford,
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Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph, a machine that could send messages long distances across wire. He made it while he was in Charleston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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In Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. scientist and businessman Charles Brush builds the first wind turbine to generate electricity. Measuring 17 metres tall and using 144 cedar rotor blades, it has a capacity of 12 kilowatts.
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French scientist Henry Becquerel observes the production of electricity directly from the sun while experimenting with an electrolytic cell made up of two metal electrodes placed in an electricity-conducting solution.
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Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal electric power plant. He invented it in Larderello, Italy.
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