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Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin discovered electricity in 1752 with an experiment he created. During a thunderstorm Franklin flew a kite which was struck by lightning, and then collected the charge in a Leyden jar. -
Alessandro Volta
On this day Alessandro Volta used static electricity in inventing the first electric battery. -
Michael Farady
Though the exact day is undocumented, in 1822 Michael Farady invented the first successful electric motor. -
Samuel Morse
The telegraph was developed by Samuel Morse and others in the 1830s and 1840s, and revolutionized the means of modern communication. The exact day of this invention is not recorded. -
William Grove
Chemist William Grove is credited with the invention of the energy fuel cell in 1839, a cell producing an electrical current. -
Daniel Halladay
American Daniel Halladay invented the windmill as a means to convert wind energy to rotational energy though this machine. -
Thomas Edison
After testing over 3,000 products, Thomas Edison and his team invented the first light incandescent light bulb. -
HJ Rogers
In 1882 HJ Rogers built the worlds first hydroelectric dam on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, the first dam to produce electricity. -
US/Canadian Power Line
In 1901, a power line was built between the borders of Canada and the United States, located at Niagra Falls. This was the first power line the US shared with another country. -
Lakeside Power Plant
In 1921 a power plant in Wisconsin burned pulverized coal, the first plant to do this.
