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James Francis invents a water turbine now used in many of the world's hydropower plants.
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Thomas Edison patents the modern incandescent electric lamp.
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Charles Eastman invents plastic photographic film.
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Karl Benz builds a gasoline-engined car.
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Josephine Cochran invents the dishwasher
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French brothers Joseph and Louis Lumiere invent movie projectors and open the first movie theater.
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John Logie Baird develops mechanical television
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Maria Telkes creates the first solar-powered house
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Douglas Engelbart develops the computer mouse.
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Martin Cooper develops the first handheld cellphone (mobile phone)