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Refrigerator
The first refrigerator was invented by Carl von Linde in 1876. Linde, a German engineer and inventor, developed the first vapor compression cooling system, which laid the foundation for the modern refrigerators we use today. -
Telephone
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patented his first telephone, which allowed the transmission of voice through wires. This invention revolutionized the way people communicated, as it was now possible to talk to someone remotely without needing to be physically present. -
Light bulb
By January 1879, at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Edison had built his first high resistance, incandescent electric light. It worked by passing electricity through a thin platinum filament in the glass vacuum bulb, which delayed the filament from melting. -
Internal combustion engine
In 1885 German engineer, industrial designer and industrialist Gottlieb DaimlerOffsite Link invented the internal combustion engine, and with his business partner the engine designer and industrialist Wilhelm MaybachOffsite Link fitted this to a two-wheeler— the first internal combustion motorcycle.