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Progress in Science and Technology
James Maxwell
• Scottish• Regarded as scientific genius• Made contributions to the fields of physics
and astronomy• Albert Einstein built on the foundations laid by
Maxwell
James Maxwell
Louis Pasteur
• French• Made important discoveries that prevented
diseases• Proved that spontaneous generation is a myth
Louis Pasteur
• Pasteurization – heating a liquid to slow the development of disease-causing microbes
Charles Darwin
• His theory assumed a natural explanation for man’s origins
• Believed that all living things came from a single life form
Charles Darwin
TECHNOLOGY
Railroad
• Britain developed the first known railway system in the world
• Transcontinental Railroad was finished in the US in 1869
Steamship
• Steamships replaced sail-driven ships and traveled across the ocean
Internal Combustion Engine
• Produced its power inside the engine• Powered by gasoline or diesel• Europeans developed the first automobiles
Flight
• Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first successful airplane
• First flight was on December 17, 1903
Telegraph
• Send messages over wire lines using a code developed by Samuel Morse.
• Cable was laid across the Atlantic Ocean so could now send messages around the world
Samuel Morse
Telephone
• Alexander Graham Bell was the first to patent it.