5.8 Energy Timeline

By emma_mccarter

  • Coal first used for energy

    Coal first used for energy
    Coal was first majorly used for energy over 264 years ago.

  • Lightening turned into electricity

    Benjamin Franklin discovered lightening is electricity.

  • First electric motor was created

    First electric motor was created
    Michale Faraday created the first electric motor.

  • First person drilled for oil

    First person drilled for oil
    Edwin Drake first person to drill for oil.

  • Lightbulb was invented

    Lightbulb was invented
    Thomas Alva Eddison invented the lightbulb on October 22, 1870. The first lightbulb was made out of an evacuated glass bulb containing a filament made from a carbonized cotton thread.

  • solar one

    solar one
    University of deleware built solar one which is one of the first solar energy colectors.

  • nuclear energy

    nuclear energy
    Nuclear energy replaced hydropower as the number 2 energy source in the united states.