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Ben Franklin
Nature of Electricity discovered -
Alessandro Volta
Ist Electric Battery invented by Alessandro Volta -
Humphry Davy
invented first "Arc Lamp" -
Michael Faraday
1st electric motor -
Georg Ohm
defined relationship between poweer voltage, current, and resistance in "Ohms Law" -
Joseph Henry
invented the electrical relay to send electric currents long distances -
Charles Brush
invented "open coil" generator that could produce a steady current of electricity -
Thomas Edison
invented the incandascentlight bulb -
E.W.V. Siemens
the electic streetcar invented by E.M.V. Siemens -
Westinghouse Electric Co. lights the Chicago World's Fair
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Construction of Boulder Dam begins
