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Timeline of American Technological Development: From the Gilded Age Name Institutional Affiliation Introduction  America has one of the richest technological background  Most discoveries in the world were made by Americans  The Gilded Age was characterized by rapid economic development, thus technological inventions were pivotal to the growth Timeline of Events: Development of Technology Aug 1872- World’s first mail order catalog business (Aaron Montgomery Ward) 1876- Telephone (Alexander Graham Bell) 1876- Thomas Edison First Lab (Thomas Edison) 1879- Light Bulb (Thomas Edison) Timeline (Cont.) 1882- First DC (direct current) electric power station (Thomas Edison) 1888- First motor for transforming AC electrical power into mechanical energy (Nikola Tesla) 1889- Motion Picture projector (Thomas Edison) Timeline (Cont.) 1890- IBM is born (Herman Hollerith) 1902- Invention of the periscope (Simon Lake) 1922Audiometer (Harvey Fletcher) Timeline (Cont.) 1926- Liquid-fuel rocket (Dr. Robert H. Goddard) 1936Programming languages (Alonzo Church) 1937- Digital Computer (George Stibitz) 1939- Automated teller machine (Luther George Simjian) Timeline (Cont.) 1947- Transistor (John Bardeen and Walter Brattain) 1955- Hard disk drive (Reynold Johnson) 1965Minicomputer (Wesley A. Clark and Charles Molnar) 1970- Wireless local area network (Norman Abramson) Timeline (Cont.) 1971- Personal computer (John Blankenbaker) 1973- Mobile phone (Martin Co ...
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