Timeline of Energy

By garrielynn
  • First Battery was Invented

    First Battery was Invented

    Alessandro Volta invented the first electric battery.
  • Wind Energy

    Wind Energy

    Windmill Becomes Popular Water Pumping Tool of Western Homesteaders and Railroad Builders.
  • Solar Energy

    Solar Energy

    Auguste Mouchout, a mathematics instructor, was able to convert solar radiation directly into mechanical power.
  • Thomas Edison Invented the First Lightbulb

    Thomas Edison Invented the First Lightbulb

    Thomas Edison created the first electric lightbulb
  • Hydropower

    Hydropower

    Street lamps in the city of Niagara Falls were powered by hydropower.
  • First Windmill

    First Windmill

    First Windmill to Generate Electricity Developed in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Natural Gas

    Natural Gas

    Electricity began to replace natural gas for lighting purposes.
  • Flex Fuel

    Flex Fuel

    Worlds First Flex Fuel Vehicle, the Ford Model-T, Goes into Mass Production
  • Wood Energy

    Wood Energy

    Most rural homes were still heated with wood. In towns, coal was displacing wood in homes.
  • Nuclear Energy

    Nuclear Energy

    Rutherford discovered the nucleus of the atom.