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Natural gas used for illumination
The first time natural gas was used to illuminate a room in Fredonia, NY. A pipe was laid down to a residence filling the room with light. -
Steam powered locomotive
George stevensons steam powered locomotive was chosen as the best design and started railroads. -
First steam engine created
Alexander Latta created the first "steam" engine. It was a boiler made of two square chambers: the inner one, a fire-box; and the outer one, a space for water and steam. -
First engine created that uses gas
Julius Hock created an internal combustion engine, the first to run on liquid gasoline. -
The first electric company
The first electric company came into existince in New York. It was made to finace thomas edisons efforts to create the incandescent lamp -
Electric street lamps
Electric lights were used to light a city for the first time in Clevland, Ohio. -
First incandescent light
Thomas Edison created the first incandescent light that was actually worth something. It was first demonstrated on December 20th 1879 -
Electric bus
The first electric bus was running in New York City. The fare was 5 cents -
Solar powerd radio
The first solar powered 2-way radio conversation happened from coast to coast by the army. -
Clean diesel car
Mercedes announced that its first clean diesel car will be on the market soon, called Clean BlueTec