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The Industrial Revolution
Beginning and end of the Industrial Revolution -
The phone
Alexander Graham Bell was a British scientist, inventor and speech therapist, naturalized American. Contributed to the development of telecommunications and aviation technology. He was the one who invented the phone -
The Telegraph
Joseph Henry was an American physicist known for his work on electromagnetism, in electromagnets and relays. He discovered electromagnetic induction but later found out that Faraday had come before him. The lives of M. Faraday and Joseph Henry have many elements in common. He was the one who invented the telegraph -
Sewing Machine
Barthelemy Thimonnier was a French inventor recognized for the development of the first sewing machine that mimicked hand sewing, who made the first sewing machine -
The light bulb
Thomas Alva Edison was a businessman and a prolific inventor, considered the most important inventor in the United States, he developed many devices that have had great influence throughout the world, such as the phonograph, the film camera or a long-lasting incandescent bulb. He was the one who invented the bulb -
Motor Vehicles
Automobile patented in 1886 by Karl Benz: first car to be manufactured with internal combustion engine
