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  1. The invention of the electricity generator—Power

    Duration: 04:59

  2. Trial of competing television technologies—Visual Image

    Duration: 06:00

  3. The impact of the steam engine—Power

    Duration: 03:20

  4. The invention of the jet engine—Speed

    Duration: 06:03

  5. The invention of the internal combustion engine—Speed

    Duration: 07:14

  6. The invention of the railway—Speed

    Duration: 04:13

  7. The invention of the steam locomotive—Speed

    Duration: 09:37

  8. The invention of the turbine—Power

    Duration: 05:30

  9. The invention of the first power station—Power

    Duration: 03:57

  10. The invention of the steam engine—Power

    Duration: 09:25

  11. Invention of motion pictures and celluloid—Visual Image

    Duration: 06:42

  12. The invention of television by John Logie Baird—Visual Image

    Duration: 04:54

  13. Development of photography by Daguerre and Fox Talbot—Visual Image

    Duration: 06:12

  14. The invention of photography by Nicephore Niepce—Visual Image

    Duration: 03:15

  15. The invention of wireless communication by Guglielmo Marconi—Communication

    Duration: 08:36

  16. The invention of the telephone and how it changed society—Communication

    Duration: 04:50

  17. The invention of Morse code and the first transatlantic cable—Communication

    Duration: 05:55

  18. The invention of the telegraph by Cooke and Wheatstone—Communication

    Duration: 07:48

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