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Alessandro Volta
He had used his experience with electricity to create one of the first electric batteries. -
Alexander Graham Bell
he had invented the telephone. -
Thomas Edison
he had invented the phonograph, an electric generation plant, and the lightbulb. -
Gottlieb Daimler
he built an international combustion engine that could be fueled by energy. -
Eli Whitney
he had introduced the idea of interchangeable parts, which were identical components that could replace one another in manufacturing. -
Guglielmo Marconi
he developed a way to send electrical signals without wire or cable. This was called the radio in America -
Orville Wright
he had invented the first successful airplane with his brother. -
Henry Ford
he had invented assembly lines which led to mass production.