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Period: to
First Industrial Revolution
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Invention of the Steam Engine
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Publication of An Inquiry into the Nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Samith
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Invention of Locomotive
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Approval of the Enclosure Acts
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Invention of the Vessemer converter
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Invention of telephone
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Invention of the combustion engine
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Period: to
Second Industrial Revolution
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Presentation of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell
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Invention of the light bulb
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Presentation of the first automobile
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Wireless telegraph
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Flight of the Wright Brothers
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Beginning of production of the Ford Model T