Electricity

Who discovered Electricity

1700

Benjamin Franklin is credited for discovering electricity in the 1700s with his kite experiment.

computer

1800

Charles Babbage English mathematician and inventor who is credited with having conceived the first automatic digital computer.

Who invented electric cars

1832

Robert Anderson is often credited with inventing the first electric car some time between 1832 and 1839.

solar panels

1839

It all began with Edmond Becquerel, a young physicist working in France

The light bulb

1879

Still life of the first electric light bulb, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 patented on January 27, 1880.

The Telephone

1885

Alexander Graham Bell, best known for his invention of the telephone, revolutionized communication as we know it.

Microwaves

1945

Percy Spencer and his invention was an accident! Spencer worked for a company named Raytheon, developing microwave radar transmitters during World War II.

Digital Clocks

1961

Thomas Bromley, an engineer and amateur inventor, created his Digitron Electric Clock in 1961 at his home in Hull.