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By tying a key onto a kite string during a storm, Ben Franklin , proved that static electricity and lightning were the same.
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First electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta. The “volt” is named in his honor.
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invented by Michael Faraday
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Joseph Henry invented the electrical relay, used to send electrical currents long distances
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Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that is used in most electrical appliances today.
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Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph, a machine that could send messages long distances across wire.
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Joseph Swan, and Englishman, invented the first incandescent lightbulb
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The electric streetcar was invented by E.W. v. Siemens
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Electric air conditioning – W. Carrier.
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World’s first nuclear power plant (Russia) started generating electricity
