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First Reliable Steam Engine
James Watt made the first ever first reliable steam engine. It was a handy piece of equipment for workers but replaced jobs. -
Telegraph
In 1809, a crude telegraph was invented in Bavaria by Samuel Soemmering. He used 35 wires with gold electrodes in water and at the receiving end 2000 feet the message was read by the amount of gas caused by electrolysis. In 1828, the first telegraph in the USA. was invented by Harrison Dyar who sent electrical sparks through chemically treated paper tape to burn dots and dashes. -
First Sewing Machine
Hand sewing is an art form that is over 20,000 years old. The first sewing needles were made of bones or animal horns and the first thread was made of animal sinew. Iron needles were invented in the 14th century. The first eyed needles appeared in the 15th century. -
Transatlantic Cable
The telegraph was first developed by Samuel F. B. Morse, an artist-turned-inventor who conceived of the idea of the electric telegraph in 1832. After several unsuccessful attempts, the first telegraph line across the Atlantic Ocean is completed, a feat accomplished largely through the efforts of American merchant Cyrus West Field. -
Telephone
In the 1870s, two inventor Alexander Graham Bell built designed devices that could transmit speech electrically (the telephone). -
Phonograph
The telegraph, the press, and the typewriter were agents of communication for the written word. The telephone was an agent for the spoken word. -
Bibiliography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt_steam_engine
http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm
http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/sewing_machine.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone
