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

C) Michael Faraday was the first to drill a commercially successful oil well in the US.

Explanation:

    Edwin Drake was the first to drill a commercially successful oil well in the US in 1859.

   Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the most influential scientists in physics and chemistry and also one of the greatest experimentalists in history. He brought great contributions to the field of Electromagnetism, such as the discovery of electromagnetic induction - his greatest discovery. For that, Faraday was able to produce an electric current in a wire disconnected from energy sources, such as batteries, using only the relative movement of a magnet.