-
-
Nikola Tesla produces a rotating magnetic field utilizing alternative currents (AC). This creation lit up the world.
-
In Appleton, Wisconsin in the year of 1882, the first hydroelectric power station was founded.
-
American electrician William Stanley develops the first alternating current (AC) electric system and introduces the transformer.
-
During his experiments with electromagnetism, Heinrich Hertz discovers the photoelectric effect. The photoelectric effect is the emissin of electrons from the surface of a metal in contact to light.
-
Thomas Edison creates a motion picture camera that he called the Kinetoscope.
-
Otto Hahn uncovered the process by which the nuclei of atoms of heav elements that can break down into smaller nuclei releasing large amounts of energy.
-
During experiments with cathode ray tubes In 1895,, German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen discovers a previously unknown form of electromagnetic radiation, the x-ray.
-
While looking at the atoms, he noticed that the "Cathode Rays" were actually negatvely charged particles in motion, and that is when he discovered the electron.
-
http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/timeline/1880-1889.html http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/stanley.htm http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae24.cfm http://www.rare-earth-magnets.com/t-history-of-magnets.aspx http://web.lemoyne.edu/giunta/ea/THOMSONann.HTML http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhist.html
