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historical energy events

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    historical energy events

  • first coal mining in US

    first coal mining in US

    day and month not correct just year
  • kite and key

    kite and key

    Ben franklin tied a key to a kite strind during a lightning storm. after getting a shock and proved that static electricity and lightning were the same. His correct understanding of the nature of electricity paved the way for the future.
  • Electric Motor

    Electric Motor

    Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that is used in most electrical appliances today.
  • oil drilling

    oil drilling

    In 1859, Edwin Drake drilled for oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania. he began the drilling industry by developing a new way to drill for oil.
  • lightulb

    lightulb

    thomas edison created the first succesful lightbulb that lasted long and change american lives
  • hydroelectric dam

    hydroelectric dam

    hydroelectricity is clean way to generate energy with the movement of water
  • 1st geothermal plant

    1st geothermal plant

    John D. Grant drills a well and builds the first geothermal power plant in the United States. His plants were able to produce 250 kilowatts.
  • 1st megawatt wind turbine

    1st megawatt wind turbine

    This huge wind turbine was installed in Vermont. It had the capability of producing 1.25 megawatts.
  • first solar cells

    first solar cells

    the invention of solar cells brought a whole new meaning to alternitave energy. we ca nw harvest energy... FROM THE SUN!
  • nuclear power

    nuclear power

    the tricky job of splitting nuclear atoms generates power as an alternitave energy source