-
Thomas Newcomen invents first successful steam engine
Using ideas from other inventors, Thomas Newcomen creates the first economically successful steam engine. -
Franklin's Kite Experiment
One of the first experiments to conclusively say that the nature of lightning is electrical. -
Alessandro Volta builds toy that uses electricity and chemical reaction to work
An electric spark exploded a mix of air and hydrogen, firing a cork out of the end of the toy gun -
Luigi Galvani publishes discoveries on bioelectricity
-
Humphry Davy makes first incandescent lightbulb
It wasn't very bright -
Michael Faraday invents the electric motor
-
William Armstrong makes first hydroelectric power scheme
-
America's first geothermal heating system
In Boise, Idaho -
James Chadwick discovers the neutron
-
The Chernobyl Disasater
