Module 5.8 Energy Timeline

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  • Hopi Indians Burn Coal
    Sep 30, 1300

    Hopi Indians Burn Coal

    The Hopi Indians burned coal for cooking, warmth, and firing pottery,
  • Diamond is Melted By Solar Power

    Diamond is Melted By Solar Power

    Scientists Averoni and Targioni use a large glass and the sun rays to melt a diamond.
  • Commercial Mining Starts

    Commercial Mining Starts

    Companies start hiring miners to find and burn coal.
  • Lightning Is Electricity

    Lightning Is Electricity

    Ben Franklin discovers that lightning is energy.
  • First Electric Motor is Created

    First Electric Motor is Created

    Michael Farady creates the first electric motor.
  • Coal Used for Energy

    Coal Used for Energy

    Commercial mines began burning coal to convert it into energy.
  • Solar Food Cooker is Created

    Solar Food Cooker is Created

    August Mouchat designs a solar food cooker
  • First Wind Turbine is Created

    First Wind Turbine is Created

    Charles Brush builds first automatically operating wind turbine.
  • First Geothermal Powerplant is Built

    First Geothermal Powerplant is Built

    The first geothermal powerplant is built in Laderello, Italy.
  • First Electric Refrigerator

    First Electric Refrigerator

    The first electric refrigerator is created.