5.8 Energy Time Line

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    Energy Timeline

  • First Natural Gas Well in US Is Drilled

    First Natural Gas Well in US Is Drilled

  • Ethanol Blend Becomes Popular Lamp Fuel in US, Displacing Whale Oil

    Ethanol Blend Becomes Popular Lamp Fuel in US, Displacing Whale Oil

  • Windmill Becomes Popular Water Pumping Tool of Western Homesteaders and Railroad Builders

    Windmill Becomes Popular Water Pumping Tool of Western Homesteaders and Railroad Builders

  • First Commercial Oil Well Drilled by Edwin Drake in Pennsylvania; Kerosene Begins to Displace Other Lamp Fuels

    First Commercial Oil Well Drilled by Edwin Drake in Pennsylvania; Kerosene Begins to Displace Other Lamp Fuels

  • First Solar Power System Developed in France to Produce Steam to Drive Machinery

    First Solar Power System Developed in France to Produce Steam to Drive Machinery

  • First Windmill to Generate Electricity Developed in Cleveland, Ohio

  • Birth of the Modern Oil Industry: Lucas Gusher and the Discovery of Texas' Vast Spindletop Oil Field

    Birth of the Modern Oil Industry: Lucas Gusher and the Discovery of Texas' Vast Spindletop Oil Field

  • Albert Einstein Publishes First Theoretical Paper Describing the Photoelectric Effect

    Albert Einstein Publishes First Theoretical Paper Describing the Photoelectric Effect

  • Worlds First Flex Fuel Vehicle, the Ford Model-T, Goes into Mass Production

    Worlds First Flex Fuel Vehicle, the Ford Model-T, Goes into Mass Production

  • First Commercial Wind Turbines Sold to Generate Electricity on Remote Farms

    First Commercial Wind Turbines Sold to Generate Electricity on Remote Farms