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The Steam Engine
Invented by Thomas Savery and Edward Somerset, the steam engine is an engine that uses steam to generate power. It was used to remove water from the mines. -
The Key to Electricity
Ben Franklin flew a kite with a key attached to it, during a thunderstorm. The lightning stuck the key and produced electricity. -
Electric Pipe
Alessandro Volta developed the first practical method of generating electricity, the voltaic pile. -
Electric Motor
Thomas Davenport developed the first real electric motor. -
The First Fuel Cell
William Grove invents the 'gas battery' which is the the first fuel cell. -
Let There Be Light
The first light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison. There were others before him but his was the most successful. -
The First Automobile
It was Karl Benz who was the first true automobile. It was a one-cylinder two-stroke unit. -
Electric Power Plant
Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermic electric power plant used to send electricity to different places, -
Nuclear Fission
The splitting and combining of the atom was used to develop nuclear energy. -
The Solar Cell
Bell Labs creates the first practical solar cell. A solar cell is a device converting solar radiation into electricity.
