10 Historical Energy Events

1752Ben Franklin ties a key to a kite during a storm and proved that static electricity and lightning were the same

10 Historical Energy Events

1837Thomas Davenport invents the electric motor

1844Samuel Morse invents the electric telegraph that could send messages over distances using wire

1859Edwin Drake discovers oil accidentally

1876Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

1879Thomas Edison invents incandescent lightbulb that could be used for 40 hours

1888Charles Brush creates the first wind turbine to generate energy

1890Henry Becquerel observes the production of electricity directly from the sun while experimenting with an electrolytic cell

1904Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal electric power plant

1923Photoelectic cells are discovered