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It was first used by the British and later was became a major fuel
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In 1800, the first battery was invented by Alessandro Volta
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The 1st light bulb was built by Humphry Davy in 1809. Thomas Alva Edison later improved the invention.
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U.S. inventor Samuel Morey, develops an engine that runs on ethanol from 1824-1826.
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Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor in 1837. His motor ran at up to 600 revolutions per minute, and powered machine tools and a printing press.
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Lester Allen Pelton invented a type of hydraulic turbine that used a free-jet impulse system to turn a wheel in 1880. Later in 1887, miners connected a generator to a Pelton wheel and began generating electricity.
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Charles F. Brush invented the first windmill in 1888. Originally the windmills were designed to grind grain and pump water but later were used for energy
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In 1908, Henry Ford invents the first autombile, The Modle T. It ran on gasoline or ethanol.
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Willis Haviland Carrier invented the electric air conditioner in 1911
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The research of solar panels began in 1839 with research undertaken by a French physicist Antoine-Caesar Becquerel. In 1941, Russel Ohl invented the first silicon solar cell.
