Energy Timeline

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  • Ben Franklin

    Ben Franklin
    in 1752 Ben Franklin proved that static electricity and lightning were the same.
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  • Alessandro Volta

    Alessandro Volta
    In 1800 Alessandro Volta invented the electric battery which was named after him "volta".

  • MIchael Faraday

    MIchael Faraday
    In 1821 Michael Faraday was the first to invent the first electric motor.

  • Thomas Davenport

    Thomas Davenport
    In 1837 Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor which is mostly used today.

  • Sir William Robert Grove

    Sir William Robert Grove
    In 1839 Sir William Robert Grove invented the first fuel cell which produces hydrogen and oxygen.

  • Samuel Morse

    Samuel Morse
    In 1844 Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph which helped in the way that people could send messages in long distance.

  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    In 1879 Thomas Edison invented an incandescent light bulb.

  • Joseph John Thomson

    Joseph John Thomson
    In 1897 Joseph Johm Thomson discoverd the electron.

  • W. Carrier

    In 1911 W. Carrier invented the first electrical air condition.

  • Photoelectric Cells

    In 1923 photoelectric cells were discovered.