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The greatest invention ever? Maybe. But the most damaging too? Probably.
IN the mid-18th century, or so the story goes, a worker in a cotton factory in the north of England called Jenny accidentally knocked over her spinning wheel. Looking on, her boss, James Hargreaves, noticed that the device kept working as normal, with the …
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3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know Nikola Tesla Invented
However, in 1904, the patent office reversed its decision, and instead awarded the patent for the invention of the radio to Guglielmo Marconi, who famously made the first transatlantic radio transmission in 1901. Tesla never fought him over the issue …
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