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Two Inventions of 1885 that changed the World 4
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msquared48
Structural
I thought one would have been the Morgan silver dollar...
Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA, HI)
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James Brolin
Industrial
Its great information about history, the great inventions changing the world. The current people lifestyle and daily usage all depending on technology and inventions of history.
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Important point is it did not happen suddenly. As with automobiles and transformers, the first models were patented 30 years before 1885. It was not accepted immediately. Even though transformer and AC power supply were available from 1890s, US factories were widely electrified only after 1920, productivity going up several fold. Till then steam boilers and engine shaft powering several machines were common in factories.
SomptingGuy
Automotive
For fans of James Burke (I include myself here), this episode of Infinite Monkey Cage is well worth a listen.
No scientific background. Employed by the BBC as a non-scientist to present science.
Steve
No scientific background. Employed by the BBC as a non-scientist to present science.
Steve
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Smokeless powder (1884) was adopted to the 1886 Lebel rifle in 1885.
Landen Anderson
Computer
I think this is a really pretty good article, thank you very much for sharing it. It is always interesting to read these reflections, which are very structured.
enginesrus
Mechanical
The most important inventions or discoveries that shaped the world we know now, would be metals, math and machine tools, with out them, you would have none of the so called great inventions that anyone mentions.
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