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first steam engine
The first crude steam powered machine was built by Thomas Savery, of England, in 1698. Savery built his machine to help pump water out of coal mines. -
Nature of Electricity
Ben Franklin tied a key onto a kite during a storm and proved that static electricity and lightning were the same. His correct understanding of the nature of electricity paved the way for the future. -
Nature of Electricity
Ben Franklin tied a key onto a kite during a storm and proved that static electricity and lightning were the same. His correct understanding of the nature of electricity paved the way for the future. -
Lightning
Benjamin Franklin decided to fly a kite with a key attached to it during a thunderstorm to prove that lightning sparks share similarities. He performed this experiment after some others in France. -
Electromagnetic Generator
Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. Originally invented by Luigi Aloisio Galvani, but improved by Michael Faraday later on. -
Electric Motor
Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that is used in most electrical appliances today -
first automobile invented
was one-cylinder two-stoke unit -
nuclear fission is discovered
the discovery of nuclear fission was the main process to generating nuclear energy -
first silicon cell invented
the first solar cell invented was an electrical device the converts the energy of light directly into electicity -
solar panels
a panel designed to absorb the sun's rays as a source of energy for generating electricity or heating. -
Lasers
Albert Einstein est theoretic foundation for lasers for absorbtion and emmision of electromagnetic radiation.
