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Period: Jan 25, 1500 to
History of electricity
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Dr. William Gilbert
He was a writer and British surgeon. Gilbert wrote numerous novels -
Scotsman James Watt
was a mechanical engineer and inventor Scottish . The improvements made in the Newcomen engine led to the so-called steam of water -
First battery
Batteries provided the main source of electricity before the development of electric generators and electrical grids around the end of the 19th century. Successive improvements in battery technology facilitated major electrical advances, -
Hans Christian Ørsted
was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism. -
The first electric motor
An electric engine is an electrical machine That Converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. -
Thomas Edison
was an American inventor and businessman -
Nikola Tesla
was a Serbian American and physicist, inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. -
Alva John Fisher
was an American engineer who invented the first electric washing machine in 1901, but not until 1910 -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
was a politician, diplomat and lawyer US. -
Nuclear energy
the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity.