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Coal has been found in Richmond, Virginia! In the next years, it will be used for generating electricity and steel production all over America.
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James Watt patented the modern-day steam engine, which ran on coal.
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Daniel Halladay and John Burnham work to build and sell the Halladay Windmill, designed for the American West. It had an open tower design and thin wooden blades
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Oil is found when a homemade rig drilled down 70 feet and came up coated with oil in North western Pennsylvania.
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Auguste Mouchout from France was able to convert solar radiation directly into mechanical power
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Edison created the first incandesant light bulb! In only twenty years, electricity will begin to replace natural gas for lighting purposes.
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The United Mine Workers of America was formed to protect coal mine workers.
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J. J. Thomson from England discovered the electron. This would later lead to the discovery of Nuclear Energy.
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9 million automobiles in the United States make a high demand for oil. Gas stations are opening everywhere.
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The first wind turbine rated over 1 megawatt began operating!
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California ensures a 25% tax credit for the capital costs of renewable energy systems.
