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Bioelectricity
Luigi Aloisio Galvani studied bioelectricity, a field that still today studies the electrical patterns and signals of the nervous system. By using electrical sparks, he was able to get a dead frogs leg to twitch.
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Battery
Volta invented the first true battery in 1800. The battery he invented came to be known as the voltaic pile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_battery -
Steamboat
The steamboat was first used in 1807 when Robert Fulton drove it across the Hudson River. https://www.google.com/search?q=steamboat+1807&espv=2&biw=624&bih=895&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=mb2JVePmAcbYggSX-YDYAQ&ved=0CCQQsAQ Energy Time Machine -
The Electric Motor
In February 1837 the first patent for an electric motor was granted to the US-american Thomas Davenport. http://www.eti.kit.edu/english/1376.php -
Thermodynamics
Rudolf Clausius discovers the first statement of the second law of thermodynamics, "entropy always increases in a closed system." Basically, energy in a closed system will change toward heat and disorder.
http://www.kostic.niu.edu/Energy_Global_Historical-Kostic.pdf
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San Francisco's City Gas Company
San Francisco's City Gas Company is created. The company became one of the largest gas producers of the 70s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Gas_and_Electric_Company -
Light Bulb
The first electric light bulb used in Menlo Park for demonstrations by Thomas Edisons. This one was his first successful model. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison#/media/File:Edison_bulb.jpg -
Oil Drills
First offshore oil wells are drilled. A drilling rig is a machine that creates holes in the Earth's crust. http://energyquest.ca.gov/time_machine/time_machine_date_test.php?begYear=1900&endYear=1910 -
Geothermal Energy
Prince Piero Ginori Conti invented the first geothermal power plant in 1904, at the Larderello dry steam field in Italy. http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/GeothermalEnergyHistory.php -
Hoover Dam Open
The Hoover Dam located in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, opened to the public. The dam was a product of President Hoover's reforms giving the public work and a job. The dam continues to run today and produces hydroenergy.
http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/cany/fdr/part2.htm
