Module 5.8 Energy Timeline

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  • Sep 30, 1300

    Hopi Indians Burn Coal

    Hopi Indians Burn Coal
    The Hopi Indians burned coal for cooking, warmth, and firing pottery,

  • Diamond is Melted By Solar Power

    Diamond is Melted By Solar Power
    Scientists Averoni and Targioni use a large glass and the sun rays to melt a diamond.

  • Commercial Mining Starts

    Commercial Mining Starts
    Companies start hiring miners to find and burn coal.

  • Lightning Is Electricity

    Lightning Is Electricity
    Ben Franklin discovers that lightning is energy.

  • First Electric Motor is Created

    First Electric Motor is Created
    Michael Farady creates the first electric motor.

  • Coal Used for Energy

    Coal Used for Energy
    Commercial mines began burning coal to convert it into energy.

  • Solar Food Cooker is Created

    Solar Food Cooker is Created
    August Mouchat designs a solar food cooker

  • First Wind Turbine is Created

    First Wind Turbine is Created
    Charles Brush builds first automatically operating wind turbine.

  • First Geothermal Powerplant is Built

    First Geothermal Powerplant is Built
    The first geothermal powerplant is built in Laderello, Italy.

  • First Electric Refrigerator

    First Electric Refrigerator
    The first electric refrigerator is created.