Science Timeline

By hunterkett

  • Magnets

    Magnets were always existant and were never created so we can never tell when a magnet was found precisely.

  • Alternator

    Hippolyte Pixii builds the first alternator

  • Alternating Current for Electrotheropy

    Guillaume Duchenne uses alternating current in electrotherapeutic triggering of muscle contractions.

  • Ganz Company

    Ganz Company starts working with single phase AC power systems in Budapest.

  • Walter Baily

    Walter Baily makes a copper disc rotate using alternating current which was not effective for bearing any load.

  • Lucien Gaulard

    Lucien Gaulard develops transformers and the power transmission system from Lanzo to Turino.

  • Westinghouse buys

    1885 - George Westinghouse orders a Siemens alternator and a Gaulard and Gibbs transformer.

  • First Full AC power system

    first full AC power system in the world is demonstrated using step up and step down transformers.

  • Try to sell AC power

    Nikola Tesla tries to sell his AC power system to investors in New York City

  • AC 3 phase generator

    C.S. Bradley builds the first AC 3 phase generator.

  • Depford Power

    Sabastian Ferranti designs Depford Power Station in London

  • Redlands Power House

    the first commercial installation of 3 phase AC power, 40 Hz.

  • Folsom Power House

    The first installation of modern AC power in the USA.

  • Mechanicville Power Station

    Charles P. Steinmetz experiments with a unique single phase AC power transmission system.

  • AC power fully established

    Three Phase AC power is fully established as the principle source of power for the world