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People started to invent machines that could help out with everyday life.
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The lightning rod was placed on the top of a building. When lightning hits the building, the rod would asborb the lightning and prevent anyone from being hurt.
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James Hargreaves invented this to make it easier for people to sow.
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The spinning frame was sort of used like the spinning jenny, but was slightly better
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The spinning mule was used to spin cotton and other fibres in the mill.
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Was used to quickly and easily seperate cotton fibres from their seeds.
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The voltaic pile was the batteries original name.
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A ship that uses steam power to sail on the seas.
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This law was put into place because it was unfair towards dark skinned people and it breaches their rights.
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The electromagnet is a type of magnet that has a magnetic field that is produced by the flow of an electric current.
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The telegraph was used by people to communicate to each other using morse code.
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Facsimile is a word for 'make alike'. Alexander Bain made copies of famous books so that people had a resource to use for studies in history.
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This machine was used in factories so that people didn't need to make their own clothes.
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Henry Bessemer invents a process for making steel out of iron. Having a way to make steel more quickly and more cheaply helps the production of building and leads to the growth of cities.
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Charles Darwin spent years taking notes and finally showed everyone his theory.
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Dynamite creates a massive and lethal explosion. Was usually used to create holes to dig into.
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A chemist named Louis Pasteur believed that germs caused disease. Using this information, he created vaccines that helped prevent many common diseases, which helped people live longer.
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Rockefeller invented the oil drill in and founded his own oil company.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone. He made the first call to Thomas A. Watson saying "Mr. Watson come here; I want you". Telephones first appeared in England but soon traveled to America. The first telephone in America appeared in Wisconsin in 1877.
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The incandescent lamp is an electric light which produces light with a filament wire heated to a high temperature by an electric current passing through it, until it glows.
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It was used to get to each side of the city quicker.
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This motorcycle had zero degrees of steering axis angle and no fork offset, which means it was a very unique motorcycle back then.
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John Pemberton invented a drink that had a nice sugary taste. He did this and he made a lot of money farely quickly.
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Nikola Tesla invented the motor.
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A physicist named James Naismith wanted to keep his class active during wet winter days. So he invented basketball, and now it's an international sport.
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Rudolf Diesel invented the first diesel engine in 1897, it sold much more in 1898 after beeing put on display in the Munich Exhibition.
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Nikols Tesla invented the first radio after the Supreme Court rejected Marconi's invention of the radio. Not many people know Tesla created the radio.
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A rigid airship that was first flown commercially in 1910 by Deutsche Luftschiffahrts.
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These two brothers invented the aeroplane and first flew it together.
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Henry Ford created a car that was cheaper than any other cars on the market. This meant that more people could afford to buy a new car.