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Apr 4, 600
Use of Controlled Fire
The first source of energy known used by humans is the use of fire starting as early as 6000 B.C. The earliest human beings first learned of fire as lightning struck a tree and it caught on fire. -
Feb 1, 1300
The Use of Wind Energy
Humans first started using wind energy in 1300 B.C. in Mesopotamia. These people learned that they could used the wind to push their boats instead of having to row the boats, this was when the sail boat was developed. -
Use of Hydropower
In the 1700s mechanical hydropower was used a lot because it helped with milling and pumping. -
First Solar Oven
The first solar oven was developed sometime in 1767 by a Swiss physicist named Horace de Saussure. This invention allowed food and drink to be heated without the use of fuel, and is still being used almost 2 centuries later. -
Use of Coal
One of the first times that coal was used as a source of energy was during 1806 in Baltimore, Maryland to light street lights. This was a spark to coal being used as the main energy source from 1850 to 1945. -
Creation of the Lightbulb
After Thomas Edison tested more than 3,000 designs of his lighbulb, he finally filed a patent for an electric lamp with a carbon filament in November of 1879. This invention helped the world of energy develop into what it is today. -
The First Car
In 1886, Karl Benz developed the Motorwagon or Motor Car patent. This was the first automobile that used an engine as its source of energy and is the structure that we base all other car designs off of. -
Development of the Radio
In 1895 Gugliemo Marconi invented what he callled, "the wireless telegram." This invention later became what we know as the radio, and is a great method of communication in which energy is used. -
First Flourescent Lightbulb
The first fluorescent light bulb was developed by Peter Cooper Hewitt in 1903. this innovation led to a more effecient light bulb and a source of energy that is a little cleaner for the Earth. -
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy was first discovered as the United States was working with atomic bombs during the World Wars. During this time atomic radiation, atomic change and nuclear fission was developed.
