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The first recorded discovery of coal by French explorers on the Illinois River
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Sir Isaac Newton built an electric generator consisting of a rotating glass sphere.
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Biomass was used as lamp fuel in the United States
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David Melville recieved a patent for making coal gas used for street lighting
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Jacob Perkins invented a radiator for hot water heating
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James Francis invented the first water turbine.
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The first offshore oil wells were drilled
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The first commercial greenhouse in operating in Boise, Idaho
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The first wind turbine generates energy for an alternating current central power system
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The first solar panel was invented by Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller, and Daryl Chapin
