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  2. Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering - Wikipedia

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    1861: Grade school teacher Philipp Reis presents his telephone in Frankfurt, inventing the loudspeaker as a by-product. 1867: French poet and philosopher Charles Cros (1842–1888) presents the construction principle of a phonograph in his 'paréophone', which turned out not to be a commercial success at the time.

  3. List of pre-Columbian inventions and innovations of ...

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    Toggling harpoon – first used by the Red Paint People of the North American east coast, they were later used by the Thule. Tomato – indigenous Americans were the first peoples in the world to domesticate and cultivate the tomato by 500 BCE. The tomato was an essential ingredient that formed the basis of many indigenous foods including ...

  4. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    Many years later, Evans' invention would be sold off for parts. On July 16, 2005, Philadelphia celebrated the 200th anniversary of Oliver Evans's Orukter Amphibolos. Many historians describe Oliver Evans' invention as the United States' first land and water transporter. [46] 1805 Vapor-compression refrigeration. Schematic of Gorrie's 1841 ice ...

  5. Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The first carbide lamp was invented and patented in New York City on August 28, 1900, by Frederick Baldwin. [74] 1900 Fly swatter. A fly swatter is a hand-held device for swatting and killing flies and other insects. The first modern fly-destruction device was invented in 1900 by Robert R. Montgomery, an entrepreneur based in Decatur, Illinois ...

  6. History of engineering - Wikipedia

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    The screw, the last of the simple machines to be invented, [11] first appeared in Mesopotamia during the Neo-Assyrian period (911-609) BC. [9] The Egyptian pyramids were built using three of the six simple machines, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the lever, to create structures like the Great Pyramid of Giza .

  7. Timeline of scientific discoveries - Wikipedia

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    1673: Christiaan Huygens: first study of oscillating system and design of pendulum clocks; 1675: Leibniz, Newton: infinitesimal calculus. 1675: Anton van Leeuwenhoek: observes microorganisms using a refined simple microscope. 1676: Ole Rømer: first measurement of the speed of light.