segona revolució industrial

  • Antonio Meucci

    Antonio Meucci

    Antonio Meucci was an Italian inventor and scientist, who invented the telephone in 1854.
  • Edwin Drake

    Edwin Drake

    Although there were many efforts in the mid-19th century to extract the oil, Edwin Drake's well near Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859, is considered the first "modern oil well."
  • Alfred Bernhard Nobel

    Alfred Bernhard Nobel

    At his glycerin factory in Geesthacht, Germany, Nobel discovered that when nitroglycerin is combined with an inert, absorbent substance, such as diatomaceous earth, it becomes safer and a much more convenient way to handle it. This mixture was patented in 1867 under the name of dynamite.
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison (1847-1931) perfected the light bulb.
  • Werner von Siemens

    Werner von Siemens

    Siemens created the the first electric locomotive in 1879.
  • Nikola Tesla

    Nikola Tesla

    Nikola Tesla(1856-1943) discovers the alternating current theory.
  • Karl Benz

    Karl Benz

    He was a German engineer and inventor, best known for creating the Benz Patent-Motorwagen in 1886.
  • Lumière brothers

    Lumière brothers

    the Lumière brothers were French physicists, inventors and industrial workers. Recognized for the invention of the cinematograph, which was the result of a combination of different previous inventions (camera, photographic rifle, 35 mm film, magic lantern, etc.).
  • Guglielmo Marconi

    Guglielmo Marconi

    In 1901, Marconi demonstrated the first transatlantic signal using Morse code and wireless telegraphy. Wireless telegraphy has been invented and widely used on ships for fantastic communication of reading, sending and receiving signals.
  • Wright brothers

    Wright brothers

    The Wright brothers created and flew the first manned aircraft.