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Electricity 1880-1900
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Nikolas Tesla utilizes AC currents
Nikola Tesla produces a rotating magnetic field utilizing alternative currents (AC). This creation lit up the world. -
Greatness happened in Appleton, Wisconsin
In Appleton, Wisconsin in the year of 1882, the first hydroelectric power station was founded. -
Introduces the Transformer
American electrician William Stanley develops the first alternating current (AC) electric system and introduces the transformer. -
Photoelectric effect is discovered
During his experiments with electromagnetism, Heinrich Hertz discovers the photoelectric effect. The photoelectric effect is the emissin of electrons from the surface of a metal in contact to light. -
T. Edison invents the Kinetoscope
Thomas Edison creates a motion picture camera that he called the Kinetoscope. -
Otto Hahn discovers fission
Otto Hahn uncovered the process by which the nuclei of atoms of heav elements that can break down into smaller nuclei releasing large amounts of energy. -
Accidental X-ray
During experiments with cathode ray tubes In 1895,, German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen discovers a previously unknown form of electromagnetic radiation, the x-ray. -
JJ Thomson discovers the electron
While looking at the atoms, he noticed that the "Cathode Rays" were actually negatvely charged particles in motion, and that is when he discovered the electron. -
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