5.8 Energy Timeline

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  • 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.