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Do not fill this in! ===Inventions=== [[File:Edison in his NJ laboratory 1901.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Thomas Edison]] was an American inventor, scientist, and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the [[phonograph]], the [[Movie camera|motion picture camera]], and a long-lasting, practical electric [[light bulb]].]] [[File:Erste Benzin-Omnibus der Welt.jpg|thumb|upright|First motor bus in history: the [[Karl Benz|Benz]] Omnibus, built in 1895 for the Netphener bus company]] * [[1804]]: First [[steam locomotive]] begins operation. * [[1816]]: [[Dandy horse|Laufmaschine]] invented by [[Karl von Drais]]. * [[1825]]: [[Erie Canal]] opened connecting the [[Great Lakes]] to the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. * [[1825]]: First isolation of [[aluminium]]. * [[1827]]: First photograph taken (technique of [[heliography]]) by [[Joseph Nicephore Niepce]]. * [[1825]]: The [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], the first public railway in the world, is opened. * [[1826]]: [[Samuel Morey]] patents the [[internal combustion engine]]. * [[1829]]: First [[electric motor]] built. * [[1837]]: [[Telegraphy]] patented. * [[1841]]: The word "[[dinosaur]]" is coined by [[Richard Owen]]. * [[1844]]: First publicly funded [[telegraph]] line in the world—between Baltimore and Washington—sends demonstration message on 24 May, ushering in the age of the telegraph. This message read "What hath God wrought?" (Bible, Numbers 23:23) * [[1849]]: The [[safety pin]] and the [[gas mask]] are invented. * [[1852]]: The first successful [[blimp]] is invented * [[1855]]: [[Bessemer process]] enables [[steel]] to be mass-produced. * [[1856]]: World's first [[oil refinery]] in [[Romania]] * [[1858]]: Invention of the [[phonautograph]], the first true device for [[recorded sound|recording sound]]. * [[1859]]: The first [[ironclad]] was launched into sea by the [[French Navy]]. * [[1860]]: [[Benjamin Tyler Henry]] invents the 16-shot [[Henry Rifle]] * [[1861]]: [[Richard Gatling]] invents the [[Gatling Gun]], first modern [[machine gun]] used notably in the battles of [[Cold Harbor]] and [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]] * [[1862]]: First meeting in combat of [[ironclad warship]]s, {{USS|Monitor|1862|6}} and {{ship|CSS|Virginia}}, during the [[American Civil War]]. * [[1863]]: First section of the [[London Underground]] opens. * [[1866]]: Successful [[transatlantic telegraph cable]] follows an earlier attempt in 1858. * [[1867]]: [[Alfred Nobel]] invents [[dynamite]]. * [[1868]]: [[Safety bicycle]] invented. * [[1869]]: [[First transcontinental railroad]] completed in United States on 10 May. * [[1870]]: [[Rasmus Malling-Hansen]]'s invention the [[Hansen Writing Ball]] becomes the first commercially sold [[typewriter]]. * [[1873]]: [[Jeans|Blue jeans]] and [[barbed wire]] are invented. * [[1877]]: [[Thomas Edison]] invents the [[phonograph]] * [[1878]]: First commercial [[telephone exchange]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. * c. [[1875]]/[[1880]]: Introduction of the widespread use of electric [[lighting]]. These included early crude systems in France and the UK and the introduction of large scale outdoor [[Arc lamp|arc lighting]] systems by 1880.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edisontechcenter.org/ArcLamps.html|title=Arc Lamps – How They Work & History|website=edisontechcenter.org}}</ref> * [[1879]]: [[Thomas Edison]] patents a practical [[incandescent light bulb]]. * [[1882]]: Introduction of large scale [[Electric power industry|electric power utilities]] with the Edison [[Holborn Viaduct power station|Holborn Viaduct]] (London) and [[Pearl Street Station|Pearl Street]] (New York) power stations supplying indoor electric lighting using Edison's incandescent bulb.<ref>Jonathan Daly, The Rise of Western Power – A Comparative History of Western Civilization, Bloomsbury Publishing · 2013, page 310</ref><ref>Turan Gonen, Electric Power Distribution Engineering, CRC Press · 2015, page 1</ref> * [[1884]]: [[Sir Hiram Maxim]] invents the first self-powered [[Machine gun]]. * [[1885]]: [[Singer Manufacturing Company|Singer]] begins production of the '[[Singer Model 27 and 127|Vibrating Shuttle]]'. which would become the most popular model of [[sewing machine]]. * [[1886]]: [[Karl Benz]] sells the first commercial [[automobile]]. * [[1890]]: The [[cardboard box]] is invented. * [[1892]]: [[John Froelich]] develops and constructs the first gasoline/petrol-powered [[tractor]]. * [[1894]]: [[Karl Elsener (inventor)|Karl Elsener]] invents the [[Swiss Army knife]]. * [[1894]]: First [[gramophone record]]. * [[1895]]: [[Wilhelm Röntgen]] identifies [[x-rays]]. 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