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** What Was the Most Important Invention to Use Electricity in the 19th Century? **

**What were a couple of the greatest inventions in the 1800's? -the telephone -the lightbulb Who made them? (In Order.) - Alexander Graham Bell -Thomas Edison** ** How were they made? -The telephone was made by "transmitting a timbre electrically through wires from a room to another room using iron resonant reeds driven by electromagnetics. " Watson and bell started experimenting by using a thin desk foor the membrane and and a magnetic iron cord in the coil. Then they replaced a heavier membrane and a lighter reed. He started to hear voices on the other line, and decided to get a patent on it. Later, on March 7th, 1876, he was awarded his patent for the telephone. After he got his patent, he experimented with his invention to make the telephone reach the best of its potential. ** **-The lightbulb was made by seven system elements that he needed to come up with for the application of electric lights instead of using the gas lights that were commonly used then. Reme mber, Edison didn't actually invent the light bulb. He improved "upon a 50-year-old idea." The** **seven system elements were:** ** Picture of Thomas Edison **
 * The parallel circuit
 * A durable lightbulb
 * An improved dynamo
 * The underground conductor network
 * The devices for maintaining constant voltage
 * Safelty fuses and insulating materials
 * Light sockets with on-off switches

** How were people affected by them? -Before the telephone was invented, people relied on getting messages from mouth to mouth or through a messenger. Also the town crier read the communtiy announcements until the newspaper came out. These ways of communication worked for small towns, but to reach someone that lived a long disttance away, it was impractical. Later, people tried the telegraph and having captain's from ships send the letters across seas, but that was unreliable because theifs often ripped through the bag and stole money that was being sent. Then, the telephone was made, and people were able to reach others long distance, and were able to have a telephone in thier home and use it whenever they wanted to. They didn't need to know the morse code or go to the nearest telegraph office to send or recieve a message. Business also excelled using the telephone, and the telephone was a quick and inexpensive way for salesmen to reach their clients one-on-one without meeting eachother. The military benefitted because they could keep a close eye on enemies and they could reach their friends telling them if any were near, no matter the distance apart, and farmers could quickly and easily find the price for a particular crop or necessity. The telephone has changed the way we communicate and at a quicker speed. ** **-Before the lightbulb was invented people used kerosene lanterns, candles, torches, oil lamps, fire and sunlight to produce light. People had to go through so much trouble to light the lamp, make a fire, and relight the lamps or candles if they blow out, or run the risk of your candle burning out and your left in the dark! Thankfully, Thomas Edison made the light bulb, because people were able to just turn on the lightbulb with the flip of a switch, and your room would be instanlty bright and you wouldn't have to worry about it burning out in a long time.

Between these two inventions, which are both extremely important, I think the best one is the telephone, because unlike the lightbulb which is used for light only, we use the telephone as a source of communication. We wouldn't be able to callk or have the relationship that we do with bordering countries, we wouldn't be able to reach people at a quicker speed, but instead would have to walk, and the successes of busineses would go down because businessmen would have to waste gas on traveling to meet their clients when there would be a cheaper way to contact them. Also, telemarketers wouldn't exist, and they are a big resource that businesses lean on so that all of the different products of different companies can be sold not only online or in stores, but threw the phone.

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