Energy Timeline

By madison.erving

  • Kite and Key

    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.

  • Battery

    Alessandro Volta made the first electric battery. The term volts was named after him.

  • OHM

    George Ohm creates Ohm's Law.

  • Electric Motor

    Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor.

  • Solar Power

    Auguste Mouchout a mathematics instructor, was able to convert solar radiation directly into mechanical power.

  • Electric Streetcar

    E.W. v. Siemens invented the electric street car.

  • Automobiles

    Gas stations began to open around the US

  • Hydroelectricity

    Almost a third of the nations power comes from Hydroelectricity.

  • Oil Production

    Oil well productivity for the Nation reached a high of 18.6 barrels per day per well.

  • Oil Prices

    For the first time, crude oil price broke $100 per barrel and gasoline prices broke $4.00 per gallon.