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Nature of Electricity
Ben Franklin tied a key onto a kite during a storm and proved that static electricity and lightning were the same. His correct understanding of the nature of electricity paved the way for the future.
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Electromagnetic Generator
Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. Originally invented by Luigi Aloisio Galvani, but improved by Michael Faraday later on.
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Bioelectricity
Luigi Galvani discovered bioelectricity. Showed that nerve cells passing signals to muscles is a form of electricity.
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First Battery
Alessandro Volta created the first battery, as the result of a professional disagreement with his colleague Galvani. Consisted of two electrodes, one made of zinc and the other copper.
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Electric Motor
Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that is used in most electrical appliances today. He invented it in Forest Dale Vermont, US.
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Fuel Cell
Sir William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell, a device that produces electrical energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen.The fuel cell was made in Brasenose College, Oxford,
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Electric Telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph, a machine that could send messages long distances across wire. He made it while he was in Charleston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Wind Turbine
In Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. scientist and businessman Charles Brush builds the first wind turbine to generate electricity. Measuring 17 metres tall and using 144 cedar rotor blades, it has a capacity of 12 kilowatts.
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Solar power
French scientist Henry Becquerel observes the production of electricity directly from the sun while experimenting with an electrolytic cell made up of two metal electrodes placed in an electricity-conducting solution.
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Geothermal Electric Power Plant
Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal electric power plant. He invented it in Larderello, Italy.
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