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Eli Whitney
Invented machine that increased Britain's cotton industry -
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Inventors and their inventions
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Alessandro Volta
Built one of the first electric batteries using knowledge of electricity -
Guglielmo Marconi
Found a way to send electric signals without a wire. Called wireless in England and radio in America -
Alexander Graham Bell
Invented the telephone -
Thomas Edison
Invented the phonograph, the light bulb, designed an electric generating plant, and many others -
Gottlieb Daimler
Built internal combustion engine fueled by gas powering a small vehicle -
Orville Wright
Invented fixed-winged aircraft -
Henry Ford
Introduced an assembly line to increase production rate