Inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution

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    Inventions from 1865 to 1920

  • Torpedo

    Torpedo

    Robert Whitehead invents the first torpedo in 1866.
  • Typewriter

    Typewriter

    Christopher Sholes invents the first typewriter in 1867
  • Traffic Lights

    Traffic Lights

    John Peake Knight invents the traffic lights in 1868
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone in 1876.
  • Phonograph

    Phonograph

    Thomas Edison invents the first phonograph in 1877

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