Inventions

  • Arc Light

    invented by Humphry Davy in the first decade of the 1800s, was the first practical electric light.
  • Electromagnet

    William Sturgeon was an English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnets, and invented the first practical English electric motor.
  • Manned Glider

    The first manned glider seemed to have malfunctions but was ended up being used anyways.
  • Torpedo

    Robert Whitehead invented the modern self-propelled torpedo in 1866.
  • Telegraph

    The telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations.

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