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Ben Frankling tied a key to a kite string during a thunderstorm , and proved that electricity were the same.
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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first self-propelled vehicle, a military tractor that ran on steam. It could go 2.5 mph.
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Alessandro Volta invented the first electric battery. The term Volt is named in his honor.
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Samuel Morey developed an engine that run on ethanol and turpentine.
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Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that its mostly used most electrical appliances today.
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Samuel morse invented the electric telegraph , a machine that could send messages long distance across wires.
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Auguste Mouchout, a mathematics instrucctor, was able to convert solar radiation directly into machanical power.
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Henry Ford produced the Model T. As a flexible fuel vehicle , it could run on ethanol , gasoline, or a combination of the two.
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The first test of a nuclear weapon, code-named trinity, occurred at Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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The first time power was generated from a commercial nuclear plant at Santa Susana, California