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The development of the printing press began in 1436 when Johannes Gutenberg combined his skills as a goldsmith with the paper facilities provided by Andreas Heilmann, an owner of a paper mill, along with the skills of Andreas Dritzehn, a gem cutter and this led to the creation. Gutenberg is also credited with the introduction of oil-based inks.
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The harnessing of electricity was a long process that had many contributors. However Benjamin Franklin is recognised as responsible after his discovery in 1752. In 1791, Luigi Galvani published knowlede in bioelectromagnetics. Alessandro Volta's produced a attery that encouraged further Innovation. Hans Christian Ørsted and André-Marie Ampère recognised electromagnetism and Michael Faraday invented the electric motor in 1821. Further understanding was shared by Albert Einstein and George Ohm.
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The Industrial Revolution was the period of transition in which rural/agricultural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban due to innovation of manufacturing processes. It lasted from around 1760 to 1830.
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The first commercially successful piston steam engine was created by Thomas Newcomen, in 1712. However the invenvention is merited towards James Watt who drastically improved the design in 1781 and made it truly able to complete mechanical work.
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The first partially successful photograph of a camera image was made in approximately 1816 by Nicéphore Niépce. After his death, his partner Louis Daguerre continued to experiment and by 1837 had created the first practical photographic process, which he named the daguerreotype and publicly unveiled in 1839.
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The invention of the telephone is the culmination of work done by many individuals, between the years 1844 to 1898. The first successful bi-directional transmission of clear speech was completed on March 10, 1876 by Alender Bell.
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The first digital pocket watch was the invention of Austrian engineer Josef Pallweber who created his "jump-hour" mechanism in 1883. he earliest patent for a digital alarm clock was registered by D.E Protzmann and others on October 23, 1956, in the United States.
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German inventor Karl Benz is credited for designing and manufacturing the first automobile which he patented "Benz Patent-Motorwagen."
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The Eiffel Tower was designed and built by Gustave Eiffel as the entrance to the paris 1889 World Fair. For the next 40 years after being build it was the tallest building in the world.
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After many years of time devoted to designing and trialling differnet meodels and ideas, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight of a self proppeled aircraft. The flight lasted for 12 seconds as Orville flew the gasoline-powered plane near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Harry Brearley from the UK, discovered the correct ratio of different elements to create an alloy that would not rust.
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The British scientists John Whinfield and James Dickson first invented polyester cloth in 1941 in England.
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In 1881 Hideo Kodama of Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute invented a system for generating three-dimensional objects by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed. However the invention is credited to Chuck Hull when he used most of this technology but rather changed the file format.
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In 1997, Vic Hayes created the internet standard needed for wifi although, the CSIRO is acknowledged as the inventors of a patent that was responsible for Wifi. Radio-astronomer Dr John O'Sullivan and his colleagues are internationally recognised for revolutionising the internet.
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The iPod is a line of portable media players and multi-purpose pocket computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc.