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The Steam Engine
patented the first crude steam engine, based on Denis Papin's Digester or pressure cooker of 1679. -
the Sewing Machine
The first sewing needles were made of bones or animal horns and the first thread was made of animal sinew. -
The Automobile
The history of the automobile begins as early as 1769, with the creation of steam engined automobiles capable of human transport. -
the lightbulb
an English chemist, invented the first electric light. connected two wires to a battery and attached a charcoal strip betwween the other ends of the wires. -
the television
The fundamental principles of television were initially developed using electromechanical methods to scan, transmit and reproduce an image. -
The Cameras
a great authority on optics in the Middle Ages who lived around 1000AD, invented the first pinhole camera, -
the cotton
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, a job that otherwise must be performed painstakingly by hand. -
The Telephone
In the 1870s, two inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically (the telephone). -
The ToothBrush
The first toothbrush was invented by William Addis -
the first personal computers
The Altair also appealed to individuals and businesses that just wanted a computer and purchased the assembled version.
