Energy 1

The History of Energy

By TheSonicSpaz
  • Thomas Newcomen invents first successful steam engine

    Thomas Newcomen invents first successful steam engine

    Using ideas from other inventors, Thomas Newcomen creates the first economically successful steam engine.
  • Franklin's Kite Experiment

    Franklin's Kite Experiment

    One of the first experiments to conclusively say that the nature of lightning is electrical.
  • Alessandro Volta builds toy that uses electricity and chemical reaction to work

    Alessandro Volta builds toy that uses electricity and chemical reaction to work

    An electric spark exploded a mix of air and hydrogen, firing a cork out of the end of the toy gun
  • Luigi Galvani publishes discoveries on bioelectricity

    Luigi Galvani publishes discoveries on bioelectricity

  • Humphry Davy makes first incandescent lightbulb

    Humphry Davy makes first incandescent lightbulb

    It wasn't very bright
  • Michael Faraday invents the electric motor

    Michael Faraday invents the electric motor

  • William Armstrong makes first hydroelectric power scheme

    William Armstrong makes first hydroelectric power scheme

  • America's first geothermal heating system

    America's first geothermal heating system

    In Boise, Idaho
  • James Chadwick discovers the neutron

    James Chadwick discovers the neutron

  • The Chernobyl Disasater

    The Chernobyl Disasater