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Count Alessandro Volta invents the battery
Constructed of alternating discs of zinc and copper, with pieces of cardboard soaked in brine between the metals, the voltaic pile produced electrical current. His voltaic pile was the first battery that produced a reliable, steady current of electricity. -
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William Sturgen invents the electromagnet
This was the beginning of using electrical energy for making useful and controllable machines and laid the foundations for largescale electronic communications. -
Charles Wheatstone is first to coin the phrase microphone.
It was mainly used for radio bradcasting and to improve the telephone. -
Joseph Niepce produces first photograph
Niepce's invention represents the origin of todays photography, film, and other media arts. It has changed how we perceive ourselves and the world. -
Joseph Henry invents insulated wire
He discovered that the power of a magnet could be immensly strengthened by winding it with insulated wire. This was an original discovery, greatly increasing both the immediate usefulness of the magnet and its possibilities for future expirements. -
W.A Burt invents typewriter
He is referred to as the 'father of the typewriter'. The typewriter paved the way for techonlogy. It greatly influenced the computer keyboard that is commonly used today. -
Joseph Henry invents multiple coil magnet
It is the basic of every wireless communications, like laptops, cellphones, and radios. -
Jozef Maximilian Petzval invents the camera zoom lens
The speed of the lens is ideal for portrait photography. It is taking an increasingly important place in many fields of science. -
Samuel Morse invented morse code
He developed telegraph wires and Morse code, an electronic alphabet patented in 1840. The device was modified to emboss the paper with dots and dashes.
