HISTORY Flashcards

(32 cards)

1
Q

static electricity and lightning are the same

A

BEN FRANKLIN, 1752

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2
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electric battery, volt

A

ALESSANDRO VOLTA, 1800

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3
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arc lamp

A

HUMPHRY DAVY, 1808

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4
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relationship between electricity and magnetism

A

OERSTED, AMPERE, ARAGO, 1820

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5
Q

first electric motor

A

MICHAEL FARADA, 1821

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6
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ohm’s law

A

GEORG OHM, 1826

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7
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electricity can be made in an electromagnetic field

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MICHAEL FARADAY, 2831

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8
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principle of electromagnetic induction

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JOSEPH HENRY, 1831

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9
Q

dynamo

A

HIPPOLYTE PIXII, 1832

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10
Q

electric relay

A

JOSEPH HENRY, 1835

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11
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electric motor

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THOMAS DAVENPORT, 1837

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12
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first fuel cell

A

SIR WILLIAM ROBERT GROVE, 1839

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13
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energy is conserved, joule

A

JAMES PRESCOTT JOULE, 1841

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14
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electric telegraph

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SAMUEL MORSE, 1844

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15
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mathematical theory, Maxwell’s Equations

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J.C. MAXWELL, 1860

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16
Q

Open coil

A

CHARLES BRUSH, 1876

17
Q

First incandescent light bulb

A

JOSEPH SWAN AND ENGLISHMAN, 1878

18
Q

Lamp powered bybgenerator

A

CHARLES BRUSH, 1878

19
Q

Edison Electric Light Co.

A

THOMAS EDISON, 1878

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THOMAS EDISON, 1879

21
Q

Pearl Street Power Station

A

THIMAS EDISON, 1882

22
Q

Tesla coil

A

NIKOLA TESLA, 1883

23
Q

Electric alternator

A

NIKOLA TESLA, 1884

24
Q

Induction coil transformer, AC system

A

WILLIAM STANLEY, 1886

25
discovered electron
JOSEPH JOHN THOMSON, 1897
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HIGHEST STEAM TEMP REACHES TO ___F FROM ___F IN (YEAR)
900, 600, 1936
27
hoover dam was completed
1936
28
transistor
BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES, 1947
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345 kilovolt transmission line
1953
30
worlds first nuclear plant (country and date)
RUSSIA, 1954
31
atomic energy act of what year
1954
32
shipping port reactor (place and year)
PENNSYLVANIA, 1957