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1st steam-powered machine
The first steam-powered machine was built in 1698 by the English military engineer Thomas Savery -
1st fuel cell
William Grove produced the first fuel cell in 1839 -
Incandescent Light
Thomas Edison invented the 1st incandescent light bulb -
1st hydroelectric dam
On September 30, 1882, the world's first hydroelectric power plant began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin -
1st solar cell
The first solar cell was invented by Charles Fritts -
1st commercial nuclear power station
The world's first commercial nuclear power station, Calder Hall at Windscale, England, was opened in 1956 with an initial capacity of 50 MW -
1st commercial nuclear generator
The first commercial nuclear generator to become operational in the United States was the Shippingport Reactor in Pennsylvania, December 1957 -
Invention of the 1st laser
Theodore Harold Ted Maiman, a physicist in the United States, made the first working laser in 1960 -
1st Digital satellite radio
In spring of 2001 the 1st Digital satellite radio was invented, and XM Radio successfully launched its two broadcast satellites: "Rock" and "Roll". -
1st geothermal plant
The world's first Geothermal power station was built in 1911 in Larderello, in Southern Tuscany, Italy. Since Roman times steam and hot water springs emerging from this geologically active ground has been used for hot water and for bathing
