Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
The facts
| Dates | AD 1877 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
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Thomas Edison invents the phonograph falls 5881 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The first transcontinental telegraph messageAD 1861The completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the U.SAD 1869The establishment of Yellowstone National Park in the U.SAD 1872The invention of the telephone by Alexander Graha BellAD 1876The invention of the light bulb by Thomas EdisonAD 1879The introduction of the Kodak cameraAD 1888The opening of the Eiffel TowerAD 1889The discovery of radioactivity by Marie CurieAD 1898
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