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Electricity is found
Benjamin Franklin conducted an experiment that made him "find" electricity -
Early Electric Battery
Alessandro Volta makes an experiment and creates the first electric battery. -
Thomas Edison
Makes the first long lasting light bulb -
Electric city
Ohio agreed to become the first city to use the invention -
First electric street
Edison's lightbulbs are put on a street in New York making it the first electric street. -
Improved light bulbs
William D. Coolidge developed the tungsten filament -
Frosted LightBulb
Marvin Pipkin produced a light that would diffuse light and reduce glare -
Halogen Light Bulb
Produced by GE this light bulb lasted longer and was more efficient. -
LED's
James Biard and Gary Pittman accidentally made an LED when they were trying to make a laser diode -
Efficiency Comes in Handy
Edward Hammer invents the first Compact Flourescent lamp.
