2.7 Honors Timeline

  • First Steam Engine Invented

    First Steam Engine Invented

    Thomas Savery In 1698. Built The First Steam Engine To Help Pump Water Out Of Coal Mines. However, There Were Many Flaws WIth This Invention So In 1763 James Watt Wanted To Improve His Invention. (The Specific Date Is Unknown But It Occured In 1698)
  • Lighting

    Lighting

    Benjamin Franklin Conducted An Experiment To Prove That Lightning Is Electricity By Flying A Kite In A Storm That Appeared Capable Of Becoming A Lightning Storm.
  • Kinetic Energy

    Kinetic Energy

    Kinetic Energy Is The Energy An Object Has Due To It's Motion. Kinetic Energy Was First Developed By Gottfried Leibniz And Johann Bernoulli. (NO SPECIFIC DATE)
  • Heat Engines

    Heat Engines

    French Physicist Sadi Carnot Established The Theory Of Idealized Heat Engines. This Scientifically Established The Need For Compression To Increase The Difference Between The Upper And Lower Working Temperatures.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph

    Samuel Morse Invented The Electric Telegraph, A Machine That Could Send Messages Long Distances Across Wire.
  • Fuel Cell

    Fuel Cell

    Sir William Robert Grove Invented The First Fuel Cell, A Device That Produces Electrical Energy By Combining Hydrogen And Oxygen.
  • The Law Of Conservation Of Energy

    The Law Of Conservation Of Energy

    Energy Cannot Be Created Or Destroyed. Julius Robert Mayer Discovered The Law Of Conservation Of Energy.
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    Alexander Gram Bell Was The Founder Of The Telephone.
  • LightBulb

    LightBulb

    After Many Experiments, Thomas Edison Invented An Incandescent Light Bulb That Could Be Used For About 40 Hours Without Burning Out. By 1880 His Bulbs Could Be Used For 1200 Hours.
    (Don't Know The Specific Date But He Started Reseach On October 14th.)
  • Atomic Bomb

    Atomic Bomb

    Robert Oppenheimer Was The Founding Father Of The Atomic Bomb.