Electricity History
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?
