Earth and Environmetal

Discovery of Static Electricity

Jan 21, 600

Discovered electricity by rubbing two furs together

Benjamin's Discovery

Jun 10, 1752

Ben Franklin flew a kite with a key on it during thunder and lightning to prove attraction.

First Battery

Mar 5, 1827

Alessandro Volta creates first battery

Electric Motor

May 21, 1834

Moritz Jacobi creates first real rotating electric motor

Photovoltaic effect

Jan 21, 1839

Alexandre Edmond discovered effect that explained how to harness energy from the sun

Telegraph invention

Jan 21, 1840

Samuel Morse invents the telegraph and morse code

Thomas Edison

Oct 21, 1878

Edison makes a light bulb that is able to be used for consumer use

Invention of the Wind Turbine

Dec 21, 1887

Charles F. Brush created invented this to power batteries around his home

Discovery of Nuclear Fusion

Jan 21, 1929

Robert d'Escourt Atkinson and Friedrich George Houtermans discovered this

Discovery of Nuclear Fission

Dec 17, 1938

Discovered by Otto Hahn and his assistant Fritz Strassmann