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During a vicious storm, Benjamin Franlin tied a key onto a kite which prove static electricity and lightning were the same way. As we know today this paved the path to modern electricity.
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Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that is used in most electrical appliances today.
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Sir William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell, a device that produces electrical energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen.
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Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph, a machine that could send messages long distances across wire.
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After many experiments, Thomas Edison invented an incandescent light bulb that could be used for about 40 hours without burning out. By 1880 his bulbs could be used for 1200 hours.
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William Stanley developed the induction coil transformer and an alternating current electric system.
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In Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. scientist and businessman Charles Brush builds the first wind turbine to generate electricity. Measuring 17 metres tall and using 144 cedar rotor blades, it has a capacity of 12 kilowatts.
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French scientist Henry Becquerel observes the production of electricity directly from the sun while experimenting with an electrolytic cell made up of two metal electrodes placed in an electricity-conducting solution.
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Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal electric power plant, whic is used to heat water or another working fluid. The working fluid is then used to turn a turbine of a generator, thereby producing electricity.
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Photoelectric cells is a device that generates an electric current or voltage dependent on the degree of illumination.
