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first house built
The oldest part of the house was built in 1640 by Joseph Loomis, who came to America from England in 1638. -
first clock made
The next development in accuracy occurred after 1656 with the invention of the pendulum clock. -
first pair of shoes
As late as 1850 most shoes were made on absolutely straight lasts, with no difference between the right and the left shoe. -
first car made
The first stationary gasoline engine developed by Carl Benz was a one-cylinder two-stroke unit which ran for the first time on New Year's Eve 1879. -
the internet
on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. -
first radio
Guglielmo Marconi: an Italian inventor, proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895. -
first television
The world's first electronic television was created by a 21 year old inventor named Philo Taylor Farnsworth. -
first cell phone
Motorola employee Martin Cooper stood in midtown Manhattan and placed a call to the headquarters of Bell Labs in New Jersey -
Personal Computer
MITS Altair 8800 was the first personal computer -
Digital Camera
Developed by Steven Sasson of Eastman Kodak
