Question

Which of the following statements is false?

a. Steam power replaced waterpower and horsepower as the most effective source of power in the industrialized world.
b. Scottish inventor James Watt produced the first practical steam engine.
c. Michael Faraday was the first to drill a commercially successful oil well in the US.
d. Nikola Tesla's alternating current motors were installed at the Niagara Falls Power Project.

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

The correct answer is letter C. Michael Faraday was the first to drill a commercially successful oil well in the US, is the false statement in the choices above. This man was a known English Scientist that have greatly contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. He does not have anything to do with the oil well in the US.