-
A safer way to blast holes in mountains or the ground than simply lighting black powder. Dynamite is important in clearing paths to build things such as roads and railroad tracks.
-
Believed that germs caused disease. He created vaccines that helped prevent many common diseases, which helped people live longer.
-
Gives government responsibility to ensure public health for housing and sewage.
-
Was the first to get a patent for the telephone. Being able to speak to people over a telephone wire greatly changes the way the world communicates.
-
Created a light bulb that lasted longer than other designs and showed it off by lighting a lamp. Allowed people to do many things at night, such as work that used to only happen during the day.
-
Made school compulsary for children up to age 10.
-
After 13 years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge was finished in New York.
-
90% of all ships in the world are built in Great Britain.
-
35,000 miles of railroad track in Great Britain..
-
Raised the minimum work age to 12 years old.
-
Using an engine that they invented, Orville and Wilbur Wright invent the first plane that is not powered by wind. Orville flies the plane for 12 seconds over a beach in North Carolina.
-
236 million tons of coal mined in Great Britain.
-
Henry Ford creates a type of car called the Model T. It is much cheaper than other cars because it is made on an assembly line, allowing many more people to buy cars.