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telegraph
Samuel F. B. Morse invents the telegraph -
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transatlantic cable
Cyrus Field lays the first successful transatlantic cable. -
telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. -
light bulb
Thomas Edison invents the indandescent light bulb -
diesel engine
Rudolf Diesel patents the diesel engine -
invents the wireless
Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless. -
first airplane flight
The Wright Brothers make the first successful airplane flight.