Historical Energy Events

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  • First Steam Engine Invented

    First Steam Engine Invented
    A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. It was invented by Thomas Savery.

  • Lightening

    Lightening
    Benjamin Franklin proved that lightening was electricity.

  • Bioelectricity

    Bioelectricity
    Luigi Galvani discovered bioelectricity which has to do with the electric current generated by living tissue.

  • The First Battery

    The First Battery
    The first battery was created by Alessandro Volta in 1800.

  • Maryland Street Lights

    Maryland Street Lights
    The first city in the country to light street lights by using gas made from coal.

  • The Lightbulb

    The Lightbulb
    The first successful lightbulb was created by Thomas Jefferson.

  • Photophone

    Photophone
    Alexander Graham Bell created the photophone which was the world's very first wireless phone.

  • First Hydroelectric Dam

    First Hydroelectric Dam
    The first hydroelectric dam began right here in the United States.

  • Automobiles

    Automobiles
    The first automobile was produced by Henry Ford.

  • Lasers

    Lasers
    Albert Einstien crated the foundations for the laser.