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The actual date of Ben Franklin discovering electricity is not actually known to be exact.
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Alessandro Volta created the battery and called it "Volt", named after himself.
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Michael Farady invented the first electrical motor.
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Joseph Henry invented the first electric relay in 1835 but the exact date is unknown.
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Thomas Edison created the first light bulb in 1878. Exact date unknown.
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Sir William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell. A fuel cell is an object that combines both hydrogen and oxygen to produce energy. although, the date and month are not known.
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In July of 1887, James Blyth installed one of these turbine to light his vacation home.
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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.
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At Niagra Falls, a power line was built stretching from the United States side to the Canadian side of the border. Exact date is unknown.
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Piero Ginori Conti invented the first geothermal electric power plant.
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The first hydroelectric dam was built by H.J. Rogers. He was inspired by Thomas Edison's idea of an electricity-producing station in New York. This began operations on September 30, 1882. The dam was located on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, and used natural energy instead of a generator. It created enough energy to light Roger's home, another building, and the plant itself!
