Early electricity. An electrostatic machine for generating high voltages, developed by the British inventor James Wimshurst (1832-1903). To the left: an electric egg.
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An Ericsson wall telephone and the Dutch telephone directory, both dated 1905.
The Telegraph with Key. The invention that revolutionized communication around the world.
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The Stock Ticker (Manhattan ticker tape parade!). A monument to the stock exchange, for it is through the instant dissemination of the quotations that the active and continuous interest in de markets is sustained.