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  • Ben Franklin proves static electricity and lightning are the same

    Ben Franklin proves static electricity and lightning are the same

  • Alessandro Volta invents first electric battery

    Alessandro Volta invents first electric battery

  • George Ohm defined the relationship between power, voltage, current, and resistance

    George Ohm defined the relationship between power, voltage, current, and resistance

  • Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor

    Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor

  • Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph

    Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph

  • Thomas Edison invented an incandescent lightbulb that could be used for about 40 hours

    Thomas Edison invented an incandescent lightbulb that could be used for about 40 hours

  • Joseph John Thomson

    Joseph John Thomson

  • Photoelectric cells discovered

    Photoelectric cells discovered

  • Transistor invented by scientists at Bell Telephone Laboratories

    Transistor invented by scientists at Bell Telephone Laboratories

  • Shippingport Reactor in Pennsylvania was the first nuclear power plant to provide electricity to customers in the U.S

    Shippingport Reactor in Pennsylvania was the first nuclear power plant to provide electricity to customers in the U.S