Historical Energy Events

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  • First Steam Engine Invented

    First Steam Engine Invented

    A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. It was invented by Thomas Savery.
  • Lightening

    Lightening

    Benjamin Franklin proved that lightening was electricity.
  • Bioelectricity

    Bioelectricity

    Luigi Galvani discovered bioelectricity which has to do with the electric current generated by living tissue.
  • The First Battery

    The First Battery

    The first battery was created by Alessandro Volta in 1800.
  • Maryland Street Lights

    Maryland Street Lights

    The first city in the country to light street lights by using gas made from coal.
  • The Lightbulb

    The Lightbulb

    The first successful lightbulb was created by Thomas Jefferson.
  • Photophone

    Photophone

    Alexander Graham Bell created the photophone which was the world's very first wireless phone.
  • First Hydroelectric Dam

    First Hydroelectric Dam

    The first hydroelectric dam began right here in the United States.
  • Automobiles

    Automobiles

    The first automobile was produced by Henry Ford.
  • Lasers

    Lasers

    Albert Einstien crated the foundations for the laser.