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Morse code
A set of signs that establishes a correspondence between letters and combinations of dots and dashes or short and long signals; it is used in communication systems by means of electrical impulses (such as telegraph) or by means of light.
Morse code was invented by Samuel Morse in 1838. Morse was an inventor who opened up long-distance communications during the second half of the 19th century. -
The Dynamite
Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germany, and was patented in 1867. -
The Telephone
A telephone is a system that turns sound waves into electrical signals so that sound can be transmitted over long distances. Telephones are used to transmit voice conversations, allowing people to talk to each other when they're not all in the same place.
Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876 -
The First Light Bulb
The one in which a filament gives off light when heated to incandescence by an electric current is called lightbulb also incandescent, incandescent lamp. Thomas Edison invented the first light bulb in 1879, though scientists and inventors had been exploring how to invent incandescent light bulbs for several decades before Edison. -
The First Car With Internal Combustion Engine
In 1885, German mechanical engineer, Karl Benz designed and built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine. On January 29, 1886, Benz received the first patent for a gas-fueled car. It was a three-wheeler; Benz built his first four-wheeled car in 1891. -
The Cinématographe
The apparatus consisted of a wooden box with a lens and perforated 35 mm film. The film was cranked to take the snapshots that made up the sequence (which lasted no more than a minute) and then projected onto a screen. The Lumière brothers invented the cinema. They patented the cinematograph on 13 February 1895, and, after several screenings to friends and at scientific societies and universities, held the first commercial exhibition on 28 December of that year at the Grand Café in Paris. -
Wireless Transmission Across The English Channel
On 13 May 1897, Marconi sent the first ever wireless communication over open sea, a message was transmitted over the Bristol Channel from Flat Holm Island to Lavernock Point near Cardiff, a distance of 6 kilometres.
The message read "Are you ready". -
The First Powered Airplane
Wilbur and Orville Wright spent four years of research and development to create the first successful powered airplane.
On December 17, 1903, a few miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright brothers launched their aeroplane from a dolly running along a short rail, which was laid on level ground. Taking turns, Orville and Wilbur made four brief flights at an altitude of about ten feet each time.