Energy use in USA By: Leilani Henry T. By lillyluv Period: 5000 BCE to 1900 Wind Turbine http://windenergyfoundation.org/about-wind-energy/history/ 1698 The Steam Engine https://www.thoughtco.com/invention-of-the-steam-engine-104723 1815 Railroads http://www.ushistory.org/us/25b.asp http://www.american-rails.com/railroad-history.html Nov 4, 1879 The invetion of the light bulb http://www.bulbs.com/learning/history.aspx https://energy.gov/articles/history-light-bulb Sep 30, 1882 1st Hydro powered Dam https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/sep30/first-hydroelectric-plant-opens/ 1889 First Electric car made in the US https://energy.gov/articles/history-electric-car Period: 1946 to 1967 Microwave Oven http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/cooking-through-the-ages-a-timeline-of-oven-inventions-380050/ 1956 The Defibrillator http://www.defib.us.com/a-brief-history/ 1974 The Computer/PC http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-pc Jan 1, 1983 The internet http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-invented-the-internet http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-internet
