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	World's First in Electric Power The world's first commercial supercritical steam-electric generating unit went into operation at a generating station near Zanesville.
	Stoking a Revolution in Coal Combustion Stock Equipment Company in Cleveland in 1957 introduced the world's first gravimetric coal feeder, revolutionizing coal-fired electric power plants.
	The Black Edison Granville Woods, born in Columbus in 1856, was a famous African-American inventor who was awarded 60+ patents for electrical and other devices.
	Electrifying America's Cities Charles F. Brush in 1875 invented the electric arc lamp and the dynamo, devices which brought electric lights to the streets of American cities.
	From Leaded Gas to Air Conditioning Thomas Midgley, Jr. in 1921 discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline would allow engines to run smoothly on low-octane gas.
	More Gas Per Barrel William M. Burton was a chemist who developed the first commercially successful catalytic cracking technology for refining crude oil into gasoline.
	The Wizard From Ohio Thomas A. Edison, born in 1847 in Milan, became the world's most famous inventor, with more than 1,000 patents.
	Metric System Pioneer Thomas C. Mendenhall, of Hanoverton, Ohio, decided that the international meter and kilogram would be standards for U.S. weights and measures.
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