Electricity History

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Ben Franklin

By tying a key onto a kite string during a storm in 1752, who proved that static electricity and lightning were the same.

Hippolyte Pixii

Using Faraday's principles, who built the first "dynamo," an electric generator capable of delivering power for industry.

Direct Current

What type of electricity system was the first power stations providing to homes?

1923

When were photoelectric cells discovered?

Niagra Falls

Where was the first long distance AC power line built?

Pennsylvania

Where was the first nuclear reactor in the United States?

Russia

Where was the first operational nuclear power plant turned on?

New York City

Where was the first power station opened?

Georg Ohm

Who defined the relationship between power, voltage, current and resistance in "Ohms Law."

Nikola Tesla

Who demonstrated the first "polyphase" alternating current (AC) electrical system.

Nikola Tesla

Who invented the electric alternator, an electric generator that produces alternating current (AC)?

Alessandro Volta

Who invented the first electric battery in 1800? The "volt" is named in his honor.

Michael Faraday

Who invented the first electric motor in 1821?

Joseph Swan

Who invented the first incandescent lightbulb?

Thomas Edison

Who invented the first practical lightbulb? This one could be commercially used and sold.

Thomas Davenport

Who invented the practical electric motor?

Samuel Morse

Who invented the telegraph?

Nikola Tesla

Who invented the transformer to increase from low to high voltages?


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