static electricity

By mora_7

  • Static Electricity and lightning are the same thing.

    Static Electricity and lightning are the same thing.
    Ben Frankling tied a key to a kite string during a thunderstorm , and proved that electricity were the same.

  • first self-propelled vehicle.

    first self-propelled vehicle.
    Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first self-propelled vehicle, a military tractor that ran on steam. It could go 2.5 mph.

  • the first electric battery

    the first electric battery
    Alessandro Volta invented the first electric battery. The term Volt is named in his honor.

  • First Internal Combustion Engine

    First Internal Combustion Engine
    Samuel Morey developed an engine that run on ethanol and turpentine.

  • First electric Motor

    First electric Motor
    Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that its mostly used most electrical appliances today.

  • The Telegraph

    The Telegraph
    Samuel morse invented the electric telegraph , a machine that could send messages long distance across wires.

  • Conversion of solar radiation directly into mechanical power.

    Conversion of solar radiation directly into mechanical power.
    Auguste Mouchout, a mathematics instrucctor, was able to convert solar radiation directly into machanical power.

  • Henery Fords Model T

    Henery Fords Model T
    Henry Ford produced the Model T. As a flexible fuel vehicle , it could run on ethanol , gasoline, or a combination of the two.

  • Worlds first Nuclear weapon

    Worlds first Nuclear weapon
    The first test of a nuclear weapon, code-named trinity, occurred at Alamogordo, New Mexico.

  • First time Nuclear reactor makes electrical power for a commercial poer grid.

    First time Nuclear reactor makes electrical power for a commercial poer grid.
    The first time power was generated from a commercial nuclear plant at Santa Susana, California