Energy

Honors Timeline

By amandalarson916
  • Mar 4, 1000

    Windmills

    Windmills
    Windmills, by 1000 A.D, was largely used in China to pump seawater for salt-making

  • Steam Engines

    Steam Engines
    Fun Fact: About 90% of generated electricity is generated by Steam Engines

  • Patent on the Lightbulb was granted

    Patent on the Lightbulb was granted
    Edison didn't invent the first lightbulb; however, he perfected the lightbulb which we use today.

  • First American, gasoline, powered car was tested

    First American, gasoline, powered car was tested
    Duryea Brothers of Springfield, Ma

  • Electric Cars

    Electric Cars
    Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford Connecticut produced 500 electrical cars over 2 years

  • First in Flight

    First in Flight
    In the year of 1903 the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, would fly the first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903.

  • Ford Model T

    Ford Model T
    The Ford Model T debuted in 1908 selling for 825.00 dollars

  • Nuclear Bomb was Tested

    Nuclear Bomb was Tested
    The first nuclear bomb was tested in Mexico

  • Solar Cell

    Solar Cell
    The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Solar Energy Research Facility is established.

  • Body Heat

    Body Heat
    Swedish real estate company purposes using body heat to heat homes