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Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite string in a thunder storm. This expiriment proved that electricity and static electricity is the same thing.
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Alessandro Volta made the first electric battery. The term volts was named after him.
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George Ohm creates Ohm's Law.
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Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor.
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Auguste Mouchout a mathematics instructor, was able to convert solar radiation directly into mechanical power.
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E.W. v. Siemens invented the electric street car.
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Gas stations began to open around the US
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Almost a third of the nations power comes from Hydroelectricity.
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Oil well productivity for the Nation reached a high of 18.6 barrels per day per well.
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For the first time, crude oil price broke $100 per barrel and gasoline prices broke $4.00 per gallon.