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Ben Franklin
Proved that static electricity and lighting were the same. This paved electricity for the future. -
Humphry Davy
First Effective "Arc Lamp" -
Hans Christian Oersted
Confirmed relationship between electricity and magnetism. -
Michael Faraday
First Electric Motor -
Joseph Henry
Invented the electrical relay. This is to send electrical currents lon distcane. -
Sir William Robert Grove
First fuel cell, device that produces electrical energy by containing hydrogen and oxygen. -
Thomas Edison
Invented incasdescent light bulbs that could be used for about 40 hours before going/burning out. HIs bulb could be used for 1200 hours by 1880. -
Thomas Edison
Opened the Pearl Street Station which was the first central electric power plant. It could power up to 5,000 lights. -
William Stanley
Invented coil transform and an alternating current electric system. -
Russia
World's First Nuclear Power Plant
