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Energy Inventors
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Lester Allan Pelton
• Born 1829 in Ohio• Carpenter/millwright• 1850 moved to
California for Gold Rush
• Died 1908
http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.geocities.com/vermviews/x.html
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Inventions
• Water turbine called the Pelton Wheel
• One of the most efficient inventions in mining
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_lester_pelton.htm
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Charles F. Brush
• Born 1849
• Company merged with General Electric 1892
• Died 1929
http://www.windpower.org/en/pictures/brush.htm
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Inventions
• Efficient DC dynamo used in the public electrical grid
• First commercial electrical arc light
• Efficient method for manufacturing lead-acid batteries
• First automatically operating wind turbine for electricity generation http://www.windpower.org/en/pictures/brush.htm
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Nikola TeslaBorn 1856 in Austria-HungaryEmigrated to US in 1884PhysicistWorked for Thomas EdisonBecame Edison’s enemyBest Friend of Mark TwainDied nearly penniless and alone 1943 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
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AC Current-powers household appliancesRoboticsSpeedometersEfficient electrical generatorsBladeless turbine still used todayRadio waves to detect ships (RADAR)Fluorescent lightingHydroelectric power
Inventions
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Rudolf Diesel
• Born 1858 in France• Refrigerator Engineer• Thermal Engineer• Social Theorist• Became a millionaire
by 1898• Died 1913
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Diesel
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Invention
• Patented diesel engine
• Diesel engine efficiency of 75% compared to steam engine with 10% efficiency
• Wanted to help the everyday person compete with big companies
• Helped big companies by powering mines, oil fields, factories and transoceanic shipping