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Benjamin Franklin Lightning Rod
In 1752 Ben Franklin used an ordinary kite and metal key to test his theory that lightning is a form of electricity. http://learn.fi.edu/franklin/scientst/electric.html -
Invention of the Battery
In 1800 Alessandro Voltra invented the first electric battery. http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventions/a/History-Of-The-Battery.htm -
First Internal Combustion Engien
Samuel Morey created the first engine that ran on ethanol and turpentine. http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/science/internal-combustion-engine-evolution-internal-combustion-engine.html -
First Fuel Cell
Sir William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell, that would produce electrical energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen. http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/history -
First Telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the first form of long distance written communication with the telegraph that sent messages by wires. http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm -
Light Bulb
In 1879 Thomas Alva Edison finally discovered a combination of raw materials when put together into a filament will give off a long lasting glow. http://www.bulbs.com/learning/history.aspx -
First Automobile
Karl Friedrich Benz invented the first gasoline propelled automobile. -
First Wind Turbine
In Cleveland, Ohio, scientist a businessman named Charles Brush builds the first wind turbine to generate electricity. http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/22/americas-first-wind-turbine-generated-electricity-1888/ -
First Geothermal Electric Power Plant
Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal electric power plant. http://geothermal.marin.org/GEOpresentation/sld050.htm -
First Solar Panel Invented
Solar enregy research had its beginnings in 1839, but in 1954 Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller and Daryl Chapin finally deeveloped the first solar panel. http://www.whoinvented.org/who-invented-solar-panels/
