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Glass Armonica
Glass Armonica was invented in 1771 by Benjamin Franklin. Today it's called Harmonica but wasn't invented till 1821 60 years later. -
First Battery
Italian Alessandro Volta makes the first battery (known as a Voltaic pile). -
Cloth Maker
Joseph-Marie Jacquard invents the automated cloth-weaving loom. The punched cards it uses to store patterns help to inspire programmable computers. -
Paper
Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier develop the papermaking machine -
Electrolyzers
Humphry Davy develops electrolysis into an important chemical technique and uses it to identify a number of new elements. -
Steam Engine
George Stephenson builds the first practical steam locomotive. -
Stirling Engine
Robert Stirling invents the efficient Stirling engine. -
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Electricity generators
Michael Faraday builds primitive electric generators and motors. -
Camera
Joseph Niepce makes the first modern photograph. -
Electric Motor
William Sturgeon develops the first practical electric motor.
