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Thomas Savery was an English military engineer and inventor who in 1698, patented the first crude steam engine, based on Denis Papin's Digester or pressure cooker of 1679.
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In 1752, on a stormy day, he raised his kite with a key tied near his hand. He could feel the electric shock go through his body. Ben had finally proven and understood lightning/electricity. Later that year, he invented the lightning rod.
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An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by the flow of electric current.
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Scottish inventor Robert Anderson invents the first crude electric carriage powered by non-rechargeable primary cells.
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William Grove invent the gas battery, the first fuel cell.
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The first oil well was dug in 1859. The oil was used to make
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Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. The first test lasted 40 hours.
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- Appleton, Wisconsin became the first operational hydroelectric generating station in the United States, in 1882, producing 12.5 kilowatts (kW) of power
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Charles Fritts built the first genuine solar cell by covering selenium with a thin layer of gold. the year was 1883
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The science of atomic radiation, atomic change and nuclear fission was developed from 1895 to 1945, much of it in the last six of those years
