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Discovered Electricity
In the year of 1752 Benjamin Franklin conducted his famous kite experiment and discovered electricity. He flew a kite during a thunderstorm and he tied a metal key to it which conducted electricity.
(https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/who-discovered-electricity) -
The First Battery
The first battery created was invented by an Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. The battery was made up of stacked copper disk and wires connected to each end of the stack to keep the current low constant.
(https://phys.org/news/2015-04-history-batteries.html) -
The first electrical light
The first electrical light or lamp was invented by Humphry Davy when he attached two copper wires to the end of a battery and put a coal strip in between the two wires on the other end.
(https://www.thoughtco.com/humphry-davy-profile-1991579) -
The First Electric Motor
Thomas Davenport developed the first real electric motor that could be used for mankind. It could run a model trolley.
(http://www.edisontechcenter.org/electricmotors.html) -
The Fuel Cell
the First fuel cell was invented by Christian Friedrich Schönbein.
(http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/history) -
The Telegraph
Through the 1830's and 40's the telegraph was being developed by Samuel Morse. Morse created his own code of lines and dashes for the alphabet. in 1844 he sent out his first telegraph message.
(https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph) -
The First Gasoline Automobile
was invented by Karl Friedrich Benz. It was a three wheeled automobile that was powered by an internal combustion engine.
(https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/auto.html) -
The First wind turbine
Invented in Cleveland, Ohio by Charles F. Brush. It generated about 12 killawatts of power and had 144 rotor blades made of cedar wood.
(http://www.thirdplanetwind.com/energy/history.aspx) -
The Hoover Dam
The hoover dam is a 726.4 foot dam built on the Colorado river between Arizona and Nevada. it contains 3.25 million cu. yrds. of concrete.
(https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/faqs/damfaqs.html) -
Geothermal Power Plant
The first geothermal power plant begins its operation the year of 1960. it is located at geysers.
