Energy uses in the US

By breebree1109

  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    Ben Franklin used a key and a kite during a storm after a few of his theories on electricity were posted the year before.

  • Electric Motor

    Electric Motor
    Thomas Davenport was the first person to invent an electric motor that worked successfully

  • Fuel cell

    Fuel cell
    Sir William Robert Grove was the first person to build the first fuel cell, which shows proof that atoms are in a molucle.

  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Samuel Morse is the inventer of the telegraph and the co-inventor of the Morse code.

  • Arch Lamp

    Arch Lamp
    Charles Brush is the inventor of the Arch lamp

  • Lightbulb

    Lightbulb
    Thomas Eddison invented the lightbulb. It could run for 40 hours without burning out

  • Induction Coil

    Induction Coil
    William Stanley invented the induction coil.

  • Wind Turbine

    Wind Turbine
    On January 1st 1888, Charles Brush built the first wind turbine to generate energy

  • Solar Power

    Solar Power
    On January 1st 1890, Henry Becquerel experimented with an electrolytic cell made up of two metal electrodes placed in an electricity-conducting solution. And noticed electricity producing directly from the sun.

  • Geothermal Powerplant

    Geothermal Powerplant
    Piero was the first person to come up with a geothermal powerplant in Larderello, Italy. it was destroyed in WW2