-
Static electricity was discovered in 600 BCE
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=tl_electricity -
William Gilbert coined the term electricity in 1600.
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=tl_electricity -
Benjamin Franklin proved the theory that static electricity and lightning were the same in 1752.
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=tl_electricity -
Alessandro Volta invents the first electric battery.
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=tl_electricity -
Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor in 1837.
-
Thomas Edison invented an improved lightbulb in 1879.
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=tl_electricity -
Nikola Tesla invents the AC electrical system.
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=tl_electricity -
Power plant becomes the first to be run solely on coal.
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=tl_electricity -
The Hoover Dam was completed in 1936.
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=tl_electricity -
The first nuclear power plant generates electricity.
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=tl_electricity
