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Key Energy Events

By harkey.katie
  • Benjamin Franklin invents the Franklin Stove

    Benjamin Franklin invents the Franklin Stove

  • Thomas-François Dalibard of France conducted Franklin's experiment using a 40-foot-tall iron rod instead of a kite, and he extracted electrical sparks from a cloud.

    Thomas-François Dalibard of France conducted Franklin's experiment using a 40-foot-tall iron rod instead of a kite, and he extracted electrical sparks from a cloud.

  • Franklin's famous kite flight

    Franklin's famous kite flight

    Using a metal key and a child's toy, a kite, he and his son prove that lightning is really a stream of electrified air, known today as plasma.
  • Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen element.

    Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen element.

    He called his discovery "inflammable air."
  • The first offshore oil wells are drilled.

    The first offshore oil wells are drilled.

  • Jacob Perkins invents a radiator for use with hot water central heating.

    Jacob Perkins invents a radiator for use with hot water central heating.

  • Daniel Hallady produces the first U.S. windmills based on European ones but with wooden instead of cloth sails.

    Daniel Hallady produces the first U.S. windmills based on European ones but with wooden instead of cloth sails.

  • American Energy Company GE Incorporated

    American Energy Company GE Incorporated

    Schenectady, NY
  • Charles Proteus Steinmetz warns in Future of Electricity about air pollution from burning coal and water pollution from uncontrolled sewage disposal into rivers.

    Charles Proteus Steinmetz warns in Future of Electricity about air pollution from burning coal and water pollution from uncontrolled sewage disposal into rivers.

  • First nuclear reactor

    First nuclear reactor

    Windscale, in England