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Joseph Henry invents electrical relay, which can send electrical currents over long distances
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Thomas Davenport invents the electrical motor, used in most appliances today
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Samuel Morse invents the electric telegraph, a machine that is able to send messages across wire over long distances
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The Edison electric Light Co. is established in New York City
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Thomas Edison invents an incandescent light bulb with a lifespan of 40 hours. By 1880 the improved bulbs last 2100 hours
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by the turn of the century, all Australian States had some form of electricity
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Scientist at Bell telephone Laboratories invent the transistor
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The first nuclear power plant in Russia begins generating electricity
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first pressurised water reactor
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world’s first commercial wave power station