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Energy uses in the US

  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    Ben Franklin used a key and a kite during a storm after a few of his theories on electricity were posted the year before.
  • Electric Motor

    Electric Motor

    Thomas Davenport was the first person to invent an electric motor that worked successfully
  • Fuel cell

    Fuel cell

    Sir William Robert Grove was the first person to build the first fuel cell, which shows proof that atoms are in a molucle.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph

    Samuel Morse is the inventer of the telegraph and the co-inventor of the Morse code.
  • Arch Lamp

    Arch Lamp

    Charles Brush is the inventor of the Arch lamp
  • Lightbulb

    Lightbulb

    Thomas Eddison invented the lightbulb. It could run for 40 hours without burning out
  • Induction Coil

    Induction Coil

    William Stanley invented the induction coil.
  • Wind Turbine

    Wind Turbine

    On January 1st 1888, Charles Brush built the first wind turbine to generate energy
  • Solar Power

    Solar Power

    On January 1st 1890, Henry Becquerel experimented with an electrolytic cell made up of two metal electrodes placed in an electricity-conducting solution. And noticed electricity producing directly from the sun.
  • Geothermal Powerplant

    Geothermal Powerplant

    Piero was the first person to come up with a geothermal powerplant in Larderello, Italy. it was destroyed in WW2