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.

Michael Faraday was the first to drill a commercially successful oil well in the United States is a statement that is completely false. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the third option or option "C". I hope the answer has come to your help.

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