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Energy Timeline
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First Natural Gas Well in US Is Drilled
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Ethanol Blend Becomes Popular Lamp Fuel in US, Displacing Whale Oil
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Windmill Becomes Popular Water Pumping Tool of Western Homesteaders and Railroad Builders
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First Commercial Oil Well Drilled by Edwin Drake in Pennsylvania; Kerosene Begins to Displace Other Lamp Fuels
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First Solar Power System Developed in France to Produce Steam to Drive Machinery
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First Windmill to Generate Electricity Developed in Cleveland, Ohio
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Birth of the Modern Oil Industry: Lucas Gusher and the Discovery of Texas' Vast Spindletop Oil Field
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Albert Einstein Publishes First Theoretical Paper Describing the Photoelectric Effect
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Worlds First Flex Fuel Vehicle, the Ford Model-T, Goes into Mass Production
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First Commercial Wind Turbines Sold to Generate Electricity on Remote Farms
