Use of Electricity throughout US history

  • Electricity is found

    Electricity is found

    Benjamin Franklin conducted an experiment that made him "find" electricity
  • Early Electric Battery

    Early Electric Battery

    Alessandro Volta makes an experiment and creates the first electric battery.
  • Thomas Edison

    Makes the first long lasting light bulb
  • Electric city

    Electric city

    Ohio agreed to become the first city to use the invention
  • First electric street

    Edison's lightbulbs are put on a street in New York making it the first electric street.
  • Improved light bulbs

    Improved light bulbs

    William D. Coolidge developed the tungsten filament
  • Frosted LightBulb

    Frosted LightBulb

    Marvin Pipkin produced a light that would diffuse light and reduce glare
  • Halogen Light Bulb

    Halogen Light Bulb

    Produced by GE this light bulb lasted longer and was more efficient.
  • LED's

    LED's

    James Biard and Gary Pittman accidentally made an LED when they were trying to make a laser diode
  • Efficiency Comes in Handy

    Efficiency Comes in Handy

    Edward Hammer invents the first Compact Flourescent lamp.