Electricity Timeline Works Cited 600 BC
600 B.C. Ancient Greeks discover Static Electricity. Timeline
1675 Robert Boyle stated that electric attraction and repulsion can move across a vacuum. Timeline
1711 After eons of superstitious imaginations about electricity, Ben Franklin figured out that static electricity and lightning were the same. His correct understanding of the nature of electricity paved the way for the future. Timeline
1752 Benjamin Franklin conducted his dangerous experiment of flying a kite during a thunderstorm. Timeline
1800 Alessandro Volta created the first electric battery. Timeline
1821 Michael Faraday invented the first electric motor. Timeline
1827 In Berlin, George Simon Ohm stated Ohm’s Law in a work titled DIE GALVANISCHE KETTE MATHEMATISCH BEARBEITET. It stated V= I * R. Timeline
1879 First commercial power station opens in San Francisco; it uses Brush generator and arc lights. Timeline
1882 Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Station appears. First hydroelectric station opens in Wisconsin. Timeline
1897 JJ Thomson’s experiments led to the discovery of Electrons. Timeline
1911 Willis Haviland Carrier invented and patented the Air Conditioner. Timeline
1913 The first home Electric refrigerator, “The Domelre,” was placed on the market in Chicago to be sold for $900. Timeline
1933 FDR established the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Timeline
1947 The team of John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain, scientists at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey created the “point-contact” transistor amplifier. Timeline
1977 New York City blackout occurred. Department of Energy (DOE) formed. Timeline
1979 Three Mile Island nuclear accident happened. Timeline
1992 National Energy Policy Act. Timeline
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