Energy Timeline

By sam_davenport

  • First Discovery of Static Electricity

    First Discovery of Static Electricity
    William Gilbert discovers static electricity, coining the term electricity.
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    History of Electricity

  • Ben Franklin

    Ben Franklin
    Benjanim Franklin performed his famous kite experiment. He discovered that lightning is electric in nature.

  • Bioelectricity

    Bioelectricity
    Galvani discovers bioelectricity.

  • The battery

    The battery
    Alessandro Volta invents the first battery, a "pile" of electrochemical cells in series

  • The Electric Motor

    The Electric Motor
    Michael Faraday builds the first electric motor

  • The Dynamo

    The Dynamo
    Ányos Jedlik invents the principle of the self exciting dynamo

  • The Incandescent Lightbulb

    The Incandescent Lightbulb
    Joseph Swan succesfully demonstrates his design for the incandescent lightbulb.

  • First Commerical Electricity Utility

    First Commerical Electricity Utility
    Thomas Edison established the first investor-owned electric utility in 1882 on Pearl Street Station, New York City.

  • Electric Transformer

    Electric Transformer
    Ottó Bláthy, Miksa Déri and Károly Zipernowsky co-invent the electric transformer.

  • AC Power

    AC Power
    Nikola Tesla patents his design for an alternating current electrical system.