Energy Events By hesavedme14 Jan 1, 1752 Ben Franklin proves static electricity and lightning are the same Jan 1, 1800 Alessandro Volta invents first electric battery Jan 1, 1826 George Ohm defined the relationship between power, voltage, current, and resistance Jan 1, 1837 Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor Jan 1, 1844 Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph Jan 1, 1879 Thomas Edison invented an incandescent lightbulb that could be used for about 40 hours Jan 1, 1897 Joseph John Thomson Jan 1, 1923 Photoelectric cells discovered Jan 1, 1947 Transistor invented by scientists at Bell Telephone Laboratories Jan 1, 1957 Shippingport Reactor in Pennsylvania was the first nuclear power plant to provide electricity to customers in the U.S
