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Incandescent light bulbIn 1802, Humphry Davy created the first electric light by passing a current through a thin strip of platinum using a battery of immense size containing 2,000…
Steam turbineIn the first century, a Greek engineer named Hero of Alexandria built a spinning sphere that used steam to rotate, creating what is now known as the…
PhotographyIn 1826, Nicéphore Niépce captured a view from his window at Le Gras that would become the earliest surviving photograph from nature, yet the process…
BicycleIn 1817, a German baron named Karl von Drais introduced a wooden contraption to the public in Mannheim that had no pedals, no chain, and no engine, yet it…
FilmThe human eye retains an image for a fraction of a second after the source has vanished, creating a phenomenon known as persistence of vision that allows a…
CarIn the 2002 census, the village of Čar held a population of 296 souls, yet 295 of them shared a single ethnic identity, leaving just one person to represent…
Internal combustion engineIn 1808, a Swiss engineer named François Isaac de Rivaz fitted his hydrogen-based invention to a primitive working vehicle, creating what is now recognized…