Energy development

By TylerOchs123
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Magnetic Compass

    Magnetic Compass
    First magnetic compass was created in china.
  • Jan 1, 1100

    Wells dug 3,500 feet underground

    Wells dug 3,500 feet underground
    The Chinese drill wells with primitive boring equipment to depths as great as 3,500 feet.
  • Jan 1, 1130

    Gunpowder is Used for Weaponry

    Gunpowder is Used for Weaponry
    Gunpowder is employed for weaponry in China, as primitive rockets, mortars, and cannons are in use.
  • Jan 1, 1180

    First Windmills

    First Windmills
    Windmills found in France, England, and elsewhere in Europe.
  • Jan 1, 1200

    First treadmill

    First treadmill
    A treadmill hoisting machine powered by donkeys is installed at the Abbey of Mont St. Michel on the French seacoast.
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Burnning coal for cooking and heating

    Burnning coal for cooking and heating
    The Hopi people of southwestern North America burn coal for cooking and heating, and to bake the pottery they make from clay.
  • Jan 1, 1550

    First known hydrogen production

    First known hydrogen production
    The first known production of hydrogen is made by the Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus.

  • First wind-driven sawmill

    First wind-driven sawmill
    The first wind-driven sawmill is built in the Netherlands.

  • Know that air pressure decreases with altitude.

    From an experiment using barometers at different levels on a mountain, French mathematician Blaise Pascal establishes that air pressure decreases with altitude, leading him to conclude that the atmosphere has only a finite height.

  • Coal as in place of wood for dominat fuel in U.S.

    Coal as in place of wood for dominat fuel in U.S.
    Coal takes the place of wood as the dominant fuel in the U.S. economy, as industry has replaced human labor and draft animals with steam engines and other inanimate energy converters.