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Benjamin Franklin tested his theory and proved that static electricity and lightening are the same by tieing a key to a kite during a lightening storm.
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Bioelectricity is discovered by Luigi Galvani. Bioelectricity is when nerve cells pass signals to muscles. When that happens, it's considered a form of electricity.
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Alessandro Volta created the first electric battery that consisted of two electrodes (one made of zinc and the other made of copper).
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Thomas Davenport invented the first electrical motor, a motor that is used in appliances still today.
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Sir William Robert Grove created the first fuel cell, which produces electrical energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen.
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Samuel Morse developed a prototype of the telegraph, a machine that allowed people to send long distance messages.
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Alexander Graham Ball created the first photophone, the world's first wireless telephone.
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Thomas Edison invented the first incandescent light bulb. After years of improving, by 1880, his bulbs could be used for up to 1200 hours.
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To generate electricity, Charles Brush builds the first wind turbine.
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Piero Ginori Conti invented the first geothermal electric power plant.
