The history of solar energy

July 31, 2018

Back in the 7th century B.C. our ancestors discovered how to light fires using glass as a magnifier. The Greek scientist Archimedes was said to have used the reflective properties of bronze shields to set fire to an invading Roman fleet in 212 B.C. In 1839, the French scientist Edmund Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect during an experiment.

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