sarahrichardson_5.8

By s.rich2013
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    Great Energy Events

  • Ben Franklins kite

    Ben Franklins kite

    He tyed a key onto a kite string during a storm. Thus proving that static electricity and lightning were the same
  • First electric battery

    First electric battery

    It was invented by Alessando Volta. It was nicknamed the "volt" after him.
  • Georg Ohm

    Georg Ohm

    Georg Ohm defined the relationship between power, voltage, and current in "Ohm's law."
  • Electrical Relay

    Electrical Relay

    Joseph Henry invented the electrical relay, used to send electrical currents long distances
  • Electric Telegraph

    Electric Telegraph

    Joseph Henry invented the electrical relay, used to send electrical currents long distances
  • Solar Energy

    Solar Energy

    Auguste Mouchoutinvented a device that directly converted solar energy into mechanical power
  • Incandescent light bulb

    Incandescent light bulb

    Thomas Edison invented an incandescent light bulb that could be used for about 40 hours without burning out.
  • Electron discovered

    Electron discovered

    Electron discovered by Joseph John Thomson.
  • First Airplane

    First Airplane

    The Wrights brothers made the first succesful airplane fly.
  • First Computer

    First Computer

    Konrad Zuse inveted the first freely programmable computer