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The History of Energy

By flyingelle
  • Coal Mining

    Coal Mining

    Comercail coal mining began.
  • Oil

    Oil

    First oil production well was drilled in Pennsylvania.
  • Gas Engine

    Gas Engine

    Etienne Lenoir invented the first gasoline engine.
  • Coal Burning

    Coal Burning

    Coal becomes a popular and easy way to generate electricity.
  • Wind Energy

    Wind Energy

    Charles Brush built the first automatically operating wind turbine.
  • Diesel Engine

    Diesel Engine

    Rudolph Diesel invented the first diesel engine.
  • Geothermal Energy

    Geothermal Energy

    The first geothermal power plant is built in Laderello, Italy.
  • First Nuclear Reactor

    First Nuclear Reactor

    THe first nuclear reactor used for comercial power was in Shippingport, PA.
  • First Solar Pannels

    First Solar Pannels

    The first successful silicon solar collectors were made by American scientists.
  • Hydrogen Cell

    Hydrogen Cell

    First comercially used hydrogen cell was in Chicago buses.

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