10 Historical Energy Events

By NyaC
  • First Steam Engine

    First Steam Engine

    Generated power and transmitted it to a machine.
  • First invented Battery

    First invented Battery

    In 1800, Volta invented the first true battery, which came to be known as the voltaic pile.
  • Discovery of nuclear fission

    Discovery of nuclear fission

    There is no known date for the exact event.
  • Electric motor

    Electric motor

    Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, it is used in most electrical appliances today.

  • First Oil Well

  • the light bulb

    the light bulb

    Thomas Edison invented an incandescent light bulb.
  • Auto Mobile

    Auto Mobile

    The first automobile was a one-cylinder 2-stroke unit. It was invented by Karl Benz.
  • First Wind turbine

    First Wind turbine

    The first known US wind turbine created for electricity production is built by inventor Charles Brush to provide electricity for his mansion in Ohio.
  • Hoover Dam

    Hoover Dam

    Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona.
  • Solar Energy

    Solar Energy

    An electrical device that converts light energy directly into electricity.