Electricity

By Kruze

  • The discovery of electricity

    In 1752, Benjamin Franklin ran his famous kite experiment that sparked the discovery of electricity. As a prominent American scientist and one of America’s founding fathers, Franklin tied a key to a kite string during a thunderstorm.

  • The first solar power

    French physicist Edmond Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect while experimenting with a cell made of metal electrodes in a conducting solution.

  • The first wind energy

    The first windmill manufactured in the United States was designed by Daniel Halladay

  • The first electric lightbulb

    American inventor Thomas Edison developed the first commercially successful lightbulb.

  • The first hydro power

    The world's first hydroelectric project was used to power a single lamp in the Cragside country house in Northumberland

  • The first electricity company

    Edison opened the world's first steam-powered electricity generating station at Holborn Viaduct in London.

  • The first wind turbine

    The first electricity-generating wind turbine was invented in Cleveland, Ohio by Charles F. Brush.

  • reference list

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RBWwkpY7ZUJ8KwEwQSn8r3gu_cb9ayb6Zt497li093Y/edit

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