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Man & Nature
3000 BC Mules first used for transporting cargo in the middle East. One if the first energy sources was animal power. -
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The Early Men
3000 BC Ancient Chinese, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans used solar power to successful evaporate salt water to produce salt as well as to dry their crops. -
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The Firsrt Fossil Fuels
1000-851 BC Chinese used coal as energy fuel-- one of the first uses of fossil fuels. -
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Eternal Fire's
Plutarch writes about "eternal fires," probably a reference to natural gas. -
Sep 30, 600
Heat
Romans use coal for heating -
Sep 30, 700
Inteligence
Greeks and Romans use magnifying glasses to burn the sails of enemy ships -
Sep 30, 1300
Solar Energy
Anasazi Indians build cliff dwellings with southern exposures, providing passive solar heating and cooling -
Sun & Glass
Italian scientists Averoni and Targioni use a large glass and the sun's rays to melt a diamond -
Steam Pump
Steam pump invented by Thomas Savery -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invents the telegraph machine -
Wind Turbine
Charles Brush, American, builds first modern automatically operating wind turbine -
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Energy TImespan
This actually accured from 1 million BC to 1991 -
The First Encounter
This actually accured in 1 million BC when Homo Erectus discovered that He could contro the being of fire. -
Water
Solomon de Caux constructs a solar water pump
