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Historic Creations
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Samuel Morse created the telegraph
While returning by ship from Europe in 1832, Morse encountered Charles Thomas Jackson of Boston, a man who was well schooled in electromagnetism. In England, Cooke became fascinated by electrical telegraphy in 1836, four years after Morse. Aided by his greater financial resources, Cooke abandoned his primary subject of anatomy and built a small electrical telegraph within three weeks. -
Nobel patented dynamite
After the Crimean war Nobel and his father turned to developing methods to produce nitroglycerin in quantity for use in construction. In 1862 Nobel began its manufacture in a small plant outside Stockholm—a venture that cost the life of his youngest brother, Emil. Nobel persevered with his goal of developing a safe nitroglycerin explosive, first inventing the blasting cap and then discovering that a siliceous earth, kieselguhr, would stabilize nitroglycerin, thus making dynamite. -
Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone
On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell successfully received a patent for the telephone and secured the rights to the discovery. Days later, he made the first ever telephone call to his partner, Thomas Watson. The telephone revolutionized communication by allowing conversations to take place between individuals at different locations. -
Edison tests his first light bulb
On October 22, 1879, Thomas Edison staged his first successful test of an electric light bulb with a carbon filament. Contrary to popular belief, Edison didn’t invent the light bulb. Dozens of inventors over several decades made their own versions, creating the basis for Edison’s light. One of the first men to develop an incandescent light was Humphry Davy the problem is that his bulb doesn't bright a lot. -
Karl Benz produced the first car with internal combustion engine
The major features of the two-seater vehicle, which was completed in 1885, were the compact high-speed single-cylinder four-stroke engine installed horizontally at the rear, the tubular steel frame, the differential and three wire-spoked wheels. The engine output was 0.75 hp. Details included an automatic intake slide, a controlled exhaust valve, high-voltage electrical vibrator ignition with spark plug, and water/thermo siphon evaporation cooling. -
Lumiere invented cinématographe
The Lumières wanted to take the films outside of Edison's box and show them to a wider audience. The brothers set to work at the end of 1894. It was Louis who invented a new "chronophotographic" camera at the the beginning of the following year, which was patented under this name on February 13, 1895. It was eventually renamed the Cinématographe in May, a name which means "the writing of movement" in Greek. -
Marconi transmitted wireless across the English Channel
Determined to expand on Hertz’s work on radio waves, Marconi began his own experiments in Bologna in 1894 and soon succeeded in sending a radio signal over a distance of 1.5 miles. His work was not encouraged in Italy, however, and so he moved to England in 1896, where he formed his own wireless telegraph company. Here he began to progress, and he was soon sending transmissions from distances farther than 10 miles. In 1899 he succeeded in sending a transmission across the English Channel. -
Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane
Wilbur and Orville Wright spent four years of research and development to create the first successful powered airplane, the 1903 Wright Flyer. It first flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, with Orville at the controls.
The airplane characteristics are: canard biplane with one 12-horsepower Wright horizontal four-cylinder engine driving two pusher propellers via sprocket-and-chain transmission system. Non-wheeled, linear skids act as landing gear.