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Battery
Count Alessandro Volta invented the battery. -
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Industrial Revolution
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Electric Lamps
Humphry Davy invents the first electric light - the first arc lamp. Makes home life easier for people with the money to buy one. -
First Photograph
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was the first person to take a photograph. He took the picture by setting up a machine called the camera obscura in the window of his home in France. It took eight hours for the camera to take the picture. -
Locomotive
George Stephenson designs the first steam locomotive. Eventually makes travel over long distances much easier. Also allows massive amounts of goods to be transported across land easily. -
Electromagnet
William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet. -
Typewritter
American, W.A. Burt invents a typewriter. Allows papers and books to be written more efficiently -
McCormick Reaper
American, Cyrus McCormick invented the first commercially successful reaper. Reduces the amount of work needed to harvest crops. Production increases. -
The Calculater
Charles Babbage invented a mechanical calculator -
Bicycle
Kirkpatrick Macmillan invents a bicycle. It was the first ever bicycle to be invented by somebody that was smart for good transportantion -
Grain Elavater
Joseph Dart builds the first grain elevator. Makes daily life easier.
