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Benjamin Franklin helped discover electricity by using a kite, a key, and a storm to realize that lightning and electric sparks were the same thing.
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Michael Faraday invented the first electric generator in 1831
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Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor which is used still today.
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Sir William Robert Grove created the first fuel cell in 1839.
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Samuel Morse created the electronic telegraph which sends messages over long distances.
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Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879. Edison began his research of the light bulb back in 1878. In October of 1879 Edison constructed an experiment that was the light bulb which burned for 13.5 hours.
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Nikola Tesla invented induction coil which sends and receives radio waves.
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The wind turbine was invented by professor Charles F. Bush in Cleveland, Ohio. He builds a 12kW wind turbine to charge batteries in his mansion.
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In 1895 the Edward Dean Adams Power Plant was created which was the world's largest hydroelectric development.
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Gerald Pearson discovered in 1953 that he could create a better working solar cell by using silicon, His two colleagues the first efficient working solar cell.
