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By using a key and a kite in a lightning storms, Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning was actually static electricity.
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James Watt of England invents the steam engine which jump starts the Industrial Revolution in England and consequently America.
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Luigi Aloisio Galvani made advances in bioelectricity which helps us understand the nervous system.
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The first internal combustion engine used for industry was patented by Samuel Brown.
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Samuel Morse invents the telegraph which allows for incredible easy of communication through his invention, Morse Code. The messages could be submitted through a wire.
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Fuel cells, which produce energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen, are created by SIr William Robert Grove.
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Charles Brush of Cleveland, OH buiilds the first windmill used for electricity. It was 17 metres tall and used 144 cedar rotor blades. It had a capacity of 12 kilowatts.
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Henri Becquerel uses an electrolyic cell to observe solar energy.
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Piero Ginori Conti sets up the first geothermal electric power plant; one of the first examples of alternative energy.
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Theodore Maiman creates the first successful light laser; the ruby laser.
