Second industrial revolution

  • Werner von Siemens

    Werner von Siemens

    He invented the telegraph. Then, the dynamo and the gutta-percha.
  • Antonio Meucci

    Antonio Meucci

    The voice-communicationa apparatus (the first telephone)
  • Thomas Alva Edison

    Thomas Alva Edison

    The sound recording
  • Carl Benz

    Carl Benz

    Benz Patent motocar (considered the first practical automobile)
  • Nikola Tesla

    Nikola Tesla

    Alternation current in the induction motor
  • The Lumière brothers

    The Lumière brothers

    Auguste and Louis.
    The cinema/movie theater.
  • The Wright brothers

    The Wright brothers

    Orville and Wilbur.
    The Wright Flyer, it's the first motor-operated airplane