Timeline of Energy

By garrielynn

  • First Battery was Invented

    First Battery was Invented
    Alessandro Volta invented the first electric battery.

  • Wind Energy

    Wind Energy
    Windmill Becomes Popular Water Pumping Tool of Western Homesteaders and Railroad Builders.

  • Solar Energy

    Solar Energy
    Auguste Mouchout, a mathematics instructor, was able to convert solar radiation directly into mechanical power.

  • Thomas Edison Invented the First Lightbulb

    Thomas Edison Invented the First Lightbulb
    Thomas Edison created the first electric lightbulb

  • Hydropower

    Hydropower
    Street lamps in the city of Niagara Falls were powered by hydropower.

  • First Windmill

    First Windmill
    First Windmill to Generate Electricity Developed in Cleveland, Ohio.

  • Natural Gas

    Natural Gas
    Electricity began to replace natural gas for lighting purposes.

  • Flex Fuel

    Flex Fuel
    Worlds First Flex Fuel Vehicle, the Ford Model-T, Goes into Mass Production

  • Wood Energy

    Wood Energy
    Most rural homes were still heated with wood. In towns, coal was displacing wood in homes.

  • Nuclear Energy

    Nuclear Energy
    Rutherford discovered the nucleus of the atom.