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Thomas Savery was an English military engineer and inventor who in 1698, patented the first crude steam engine
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Ben Franklin tied a key onto a kite during a storm and proved that static electricity and lightning were the same. His correct understanding of the nature of electricity paved the way for the future.
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First electric battery was invented by Alessandro Volta. The “volt” is named in his honor.
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a crude telegraph was invented in Bavaria by Samuel Soemmering.
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the first fuel cell was conceived by Sir William Robert Grove, a Welsh judge, inventor and physicist. He mixed hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of an electrolyte, and produced electricity and water.
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Auguste Mouchout created a steam engine that was powered only by solar energy
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Thomas Edison invented an incandescent light bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours.
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Charles F. Brush designed and erected the world's first wind-powered electric generator in Cleveland, Ohio.
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The first devices to make practical use of the photoelectric
effect, photoelectric cells were of decisive importance in
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First hydroelectric plant built specifically for peaking power was in 1922.
