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History of Energy

By gallen
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    Enercy History in the US

  • The Kite Experiment

    The Kite Experiment

    Benjamin Franklin flew a kite with an iron key attached during a thunder storm to prove that lightning was electrical.
  • The Electric Battery

    The Electric Battery

    Around 1800, the first eletric battery was invented Alessandro Volta.
  • The Light Bulb

    The Light Bulb

    The inventor, Thomas Jefferson, preformed the first successful test of a practical incandescent electric light bulb.
  • Fluorescent Lights

    Fluorescent Lights

    The first flrorescnet light bulb was invented.
  • First in Flight

    First in Flight

    The Wright brothers made the first sustained manned flight in their plane for 12 seconds.
  • The Model T

    The Model T

    Henery Ford first invented the Model T car in 1912.
  • Wind Turbine

    Wind Turbine

    In 1927, the first wind turbine was built in the US.
  • LED

    LED

    The first light emmiting diode was reported.
  • Solar Panel

    Solar Panel

    In 1941, the first silicon cell solar panel was invented.
  • Nuclear Power

    Nuclear Power

    The first nuclear reactor was built.