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  2. Franklin bells - Wikipedia

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    The system of operation of the Franklin clock considers that the electrostatic force generated by an electric field is used to move the pendulums that strike two metal bells. [8] [9] The Franklin bells uses a metal rod as a lightning rod to attract current. One bell is connected to the lightning rod and the other bell is connected to the ground.

  3. Electric bell - Wikipedia

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    The modern electric bell mechanism had its origin in vibrating "contact breaker" or interrupter mechanisms devised to break the primary current in induction coils. [5] Vibrating "hammer" interrupters were invented by Johann Philipp Wagner (1839) and Christian Ernst Neeff (1847), and was developed into a buzzer by Froment (1847).

  4. List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees - Wikipedia

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    Electric lighting, motion pictures, phonograph [4] 1974 Alexander Graham Bell: 1847 Telephone [5] 1974 Eli Whitney: 1765 Cotton gin [6] 1974 Walter Brattain : 1902 Transistor [7] 1974 William Shockley: 1910 Transistor [8] 1974 John Bardeen * 1908 Transistor [9] 1975 Nikola Tesla: 1856 Induction motor [10] 1975 Orville Wright: 1871 Airplane [11 ...

  5. Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering - Wikipedia

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    Russian engineer Pavel Yablochkov invented the electric carbon arc lamp. 1876: Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone. 1877: American inventor Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. 1877: German industrialist Werner von Siemens developed a primitive loudspeaker. 1878: First electric street lighting in Paris, France 1878

  6. Bell box - Wikipedia

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    The housing of the bell box may be manufactured from wood, metal, or plastic. The basic core component of a conventional bell box is an electromagnet and a bell or other metal piece, some of which create a repetitive sound. [1] The bell sound is normally created inside the box, although the unit may have bells mounted on the outside of the box.

  7. Granville Woods - Wikipedia

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    Granville Tailer Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910) was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States. [1] He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. [2]

  8. Joseph Henry - Wikipedia

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    He invented a precursor to the electric doorbell (specifically a bell that could be rung at a distance via an electric wire, 1831) [7] and electric relay (1835). [8] His work on the electromagnetic relay was the basis of the practical electrical telegraph, invented separately by Samuel F. B. Morse and Sir Charles Wheatstone.

  9. Electrical telegraph - Wikipedia

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    Cooke and Wheatstone's five-needle telegraph from 1837 Morse telegraph Hughes telegraph, an early (1855) teleprinter built by Siemens and Halske. Electrical telegraphy is a point-to-point text messaging system, primarily used from the 1840s until the late 20th century.