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The Nature of Electricity
Benjamin Franklin proved that static electricity and lightning were the same by tying a key onto a kite during a storm. -
Battery
Alessandro Volta invented the electric battery, this invention helped build up electrochemistry -
First Electric Motor
Michael Faraday incensed the first electric motor by converting electric energy to mechanical energy. -
Electrical Relay
Joseph Henry invented the electrical relay, which sends electrical currents through long distances such as a telephone pole. -
Telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the first telegraph by using a wire that transmits signals through it. -
The Lightbulb
Thomas Edison invented the incandescent lightbulb. -
Electrical Turbine
James Blyth invented the first electricity generating turbine -
Wind Turbine
Charles Brush invntted the first wind turbine used to conduct electricity -
Solar Power
Henry Becquerel discovered the use of solar power by observing that electricity was being produced from the sun while conducting an experiment with an electrolytic cell. -
Geothermal Electric Power Plant
Piero Ginori Conti invented the first geothermal electric power plant.