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Benjamin Franklin invented the lightening rod he demonstrated lightning was electricity.
By BryceThwaits
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Otto von Guericke
Otto von Guericke invented a machine that produced static electricity. -
Lightning Rod
Benjamin Franklin invented the lightening rod he demonstrated lightning was electricity. -
first electric battery
First electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta. Volta proved that electricity could travel over wires. -
first electric motor
First electric motor invented by Michael Faraday. -
breakthrough discovery
Ohm defined the relationship between power, voltage, current and resistance called Ohms Law. -
first fuel cell
First fuel cell invented by Sir William Robert Grove. -
first lightbulb
Thomas Edison invented an incandescent light bulb that could be used for about 40 hours without burning out -
improvment on bulbs
Thomas edisons bulbs could be used for 1200 hours. -
steam turbine is invented
Steam turbine invented by Charles Parsons. -
first vaccum and washer
1908 Electric vacuum cleaner
Electric washing machine -
first air conditioning
1911 Electric air conditioning -
TVA established
Tennessee Valley Authority established. -
electricity for customers
Shippingport Reactor in Pennsylvania was the first nuclear power plant to provide electricity to customers in the U.S.