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Benjamin Franlin put a key on a kite while it was stroming, proving that static electricity and lightning were the same.
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In 1837 Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor which is used ion most of our electric appliances today.
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By combining hydrogen and oxygen, Sir William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell.
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Samuel Morse invented the first electrical telegraph which allowed poeple to send messages across long distances using a wire.
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Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb.
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William Stanley invents the induction coil transformer which creates and alternate energy system.
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Charles Brush builds the first wind turbine to generate electricity.
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Henry Becquerel discovers solar power.
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Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal electric power plant.
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Photoelectric Cells were discovered by Heinrich Rudolf Hertz. These cells are used in thigs like calculators.
