Energy

Honors Timeline

By amandalarson916
  • Windmills
    Mar 4, 1000

    Windmills

    Windmills, by 1000 A.D, was largely used in China to pump seawater for salt-making
  • Steam Engines

    Steam Engines

    Fun Fact: About 90% of generated electricity is generated by Steam Engines
  • Patent on the Lightbulb was granted

    Patent on the Lightbulb was granted

    Edison didn't invent the first lightbulb; however, he perfected the lightbulb which we use today.
  • First American, gasoline, powered car was tested

    First American, gasoline, powered car was tested

    Duryea Brothers of Springfield, Ma
  • Electric Cars

    Electric Cars

    Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford Connecticut produced 500 electrical cars over 2 years
  • First in Flight

    First in Flight

    In the year of 1903 the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, would fly the first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903.
  • Ford Model T

    Ford Model T

    The Ford Model T debuted in 1908 selling for 825.00 dollars
  • Nuclear Bomb was Tested

    Nuclear Bomb was Tested

    The first nuclear bomb was tested in Mexico
  • Solar Cell

    Solar Cell

    The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Solar Energy Research Facility is established.
  • Body Heat

    Body Heat

    Swedish real estate company purposes using body heat to heat homes