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Important inventions during the Second Industrial Revolution

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  • The refrigerator

    The refrigerator
    It was invented by Carl Von Linde, who was an engineering professor at a University of Munich. The refrigerator maintain the food at low temperatures expulsing the heat outside the cabin. It is still use on our times because it doesn't have a better alternative.
  • The telephone

    The telephone
    It was invented and patented by Alexander Graham, who was an american scientist and inventor. The telephone used wires to send an auditive message in long distances and also splited the microphone and the earphone. The concept of telephone is still using nowadays, but this type of telephone has improved.
  • The lightbulb

    The lightbulb
    It was created by Thomas Edison, he was a relevant inventor of the 19th century. The lightbulb uses the electricity to produce light, making possible the ilumination without fire in the nights. It continues using today, but it has improve the efficiency of it.
  • The automobile

    The automobile
    It was created by Carl Benz, which was a german engineering and inventor. The automobile is use for moving at any distance using the ICE (at the mayority for now). It is the most common type of transport nowadays and as the many of the inventions of this list it's still used.
  • The internal combustion engine

    The internal combustion engine
    It was created by Gottlieb Daimlier and Wilhelm Maybach, who were mechanicals engineers. The ICE uses raw matterial and produces energy that can be use in an autombile, a train, a steambot, ect. It has been used until now and it will probably will be used a few centurys next.
  • The radio

    The radio
    It was invented by Guillermo Marconi, which was an italian electric engineer. The radio emits sounds, it can be music, a podcast, or whatever by radiowaves. It continues using on our daily live, but much less than in the past.
  • The cinematograph

    The cinematograph
    It was invented by Louis and Auguste Lumière, they were french inventors. The cinematograph was used to film the movies of the era, rotating manually a handle. It's not used today because it was replaced by the camera, that it's similar, they haven't the same function though.
  • The plane

    The plane
    It was created by the Wright brothers, they were american inventors and engineers. The plane use the wings to maintain in the sky without falling, shorting distances. It's a very use form to travel between countries and continents nowadays.