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Modern Europe
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Steam Engine
The invention of a new and improved steam engine that revolutionized the means of production and reformed the Industrial Revolution in its later stages.
Primary Source: James Watt's personal journal, "Invention of the Steam Engine," where he discusses his creation. -
Bacteriology
Oil on canvas painting portraying scientist Louis Pasteur in his laboratory. The primary source represents the rise of "germ theory' and bacteriology which redefined health, controlled and prevented diseases, and promoted sanitary conditions in war during the First World War. -
Electric Power
The creation and generation of electric power powered the appliances in the households of Europe and industries relied on electricity as their main source of energy.
Primary source: Brochure of the TVA demonstrating how electric power will serve households and industries. -
Television
In the new era of entertainment, televisions are introduced in European homes and programmes kept the population entertained.
Primary Source: BBC Annual Report by John Baird speaking about the first broadcast in Britain by the British Broadcasting Corporation.