5.8 Energy Timeline

static electricity generator

Jan 1, 1675

Electricity

Coal as an energy source

Jan 1, 1816

Maryland used a combustible gas made from coal to light lamps. Date unknown.

First dig for natural gas

Jan 1, 1821

First U.S. dig for natural gas

first U.S. use of wind energy

Jan 1, 1854

First use of wind energy.

U.S. discovery of oil and drilling

Aug 27, 1859

First use of oil as an energy source and start of drilling

first hydroelectric power use

Jan 1, 1878

First hydroelectric power use

first U.S. solar cell

Jan 1, 1883

first U.S. solar cell

first recycling center

Jan 1, 1896

first recycling center in U.S.

first composting station

Jan 1, 1921

creation of radioactivity (nuclear power)

Jan 1, 1934

Nuclear power