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On a stormy June afternoon in 1752, Ben Franklin tied a key to the end of a kite and when lightning struck it, he proved static electicity and lightning were the same thing.
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The first electrical battery is invented by Alessandro Volta. The word volt comes from him.
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The first electric motor is invented by Micheal Faraday.
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Invented by Samuel Morose. This machine allowed people far away from each other to send messages through a wire.
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An englishman namedJoseph Swan invented it. Also called the electrical lightbulb.
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Thomas Edison opens one of the first electrical power plant in New York City.
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at Niagra Falls.
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Invented by W. Carrier.
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Lakeside powerplant becomes the first to burn only pulverized coal. In Wisconsin.
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The highest temp. reaches 900 degrees farenheit!
