rachelrobertson_5.8

1590-1901

Period: Mar 1, 2012 to Mar 10, 2012

1590

Mar 2, 2012

1590s
Dutch Build Windmills for Multiple Uses

1712

Mar 3, 2012

1712
First Steam Engine Developed in England to Pump Water Out of Coal Mines

1821

Mar 4, 2012

1821 First Natural Gas Well in US Is Drilled

1830

Mar 5, 2012

1830s
Ethanol Blend Becomes Popular Lamp Fuel in US, Displacing Whale Oil

1850

Mar 6, 2012

1850s
Windmill Becomes Popular Water Pumping Tool of Western Homesteaders and Railroad Builders

1859

Mar 7, 2012

1859 First Commercial Oil Well Drilled by Edwin Drake in Pennsylvania; Kerosene Begins to Displace Other Lamp Fuels

1860

Mar 8, 2012

1860
First Solar Power System Developed in France to Produce Steam to Drive Machinery

1870

Mar 9, 2012

1870
John D. Rockefeller Forms Standard Oil and Develops Petroleum as a Major Energy Source in the US

1888

Mar 10, 2012

1888
First Windmill to Generate Electricity Developed in Cleveland, Ohio

1901

Mar 11, 2012

1901 Birth of the Modern Oil Industry: Lucas Gusher and the Discovery of Texas' Vast Spindletop Oil Field