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He invents a primitive turbine made with a boiler that has a spout to spit steam at wooden turbines.
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Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in the middle of a storm to show that static electricity and lightning share similar qualities.
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Alessandro Volta created the first battery when he disagreed with Galvani.
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Edwin Drake was the first to drill for oil in the United States in northwestern Pennsylvania. This was one of the first successful oil wells that was drilled for the sole purpose of finding oil.
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Thomas Edison developed a practical light bulb toward the end of 1879. In 1880 he designed this version, the first to have all the essential features of a modern light bulb.
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Began on the Fox River, in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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This nuclear reactor for commercial power was opened in shippingport, PA.
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He showed that the body has an electrical current inside of it.
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This was a crisis in another country, therefore it would cause our gas prices to go up since we get oil from overseas. This was a huge crisis as it made our gas prices increase.
