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Electricity Timeline. 600 BC. 1675. 1711. 1752. 1800. 1821. 1827. 1879. 1882. 1897. 1911. 1913. 1933. 1947. 1977. 1979. 1992. Works Cited. 600 B.C. Ancient Greeks discover Static Electricity. Timeline. 1675.

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1827

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  1. Electricity Timeline 600 BC 1675 1711 1752 1800 1821 1827 1879 1882 1897 1911 1913 1933 1947 1977 1979 1992 Works Cited

  2. 600 B.C. • Ancient Greeks discover Static Electricity. Timeline

  3. 1675 • Robert Boyle stated that electric attraction and repulsion can move across a vacuum. Timeline

  4. 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

  5. 1752 • Benjamin Franklin conducted his dangerous experiment of flying a kite during a thunderstorm. Timeline

  6. 1800 • Alessandro Volta created the first electric battery. Timeline

  7. 1821 • Michael Faraday invented the first electric motor. Timeline

  8. 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

  9. 1879 • First commercial power station opens in San Francisco; it uses Brush generator and arc lights. Timeline

  10. 1882 • Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Station appears. • First hydroelectric station opens in Wisconsin. Timeline

  11. 1897 • JJ Thomson’s experiments led to the discovery of Electrons. Timeline

  12. 1911 • Willis Haviland Carrier invented and patented the Air Conditioner. Timeline

  13. 1913 • The first home Electric refrigerator, “The Domelre,” was placed on the market in Chicago to be sold for $900. Timeline

  14. 1933 • FDR established the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Timeline

  15. 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

  16. 1977 • New York City blackout occurred. • Department of Energy (DOE) formed. Timeline

  17. 1979 • Three Mile Island nuclear accident happened. Timeline

  18. 1992 • National Energy Policy Act. Timeline

  19. Works Cited • Source:http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/electricity.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ohm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm%27s_Law • http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=first+electric+battery&btnG=Google+Search • http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa061698.htm • http://www.historycentral.com/dates/1912.html • http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/ryn/projects/inventors/carrier/carrier.html • http://www.aip.org/history/electron/ Timeline

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