Bowl of buffalo wings with blue cheese dip, Romania - stock photoBowl of buffalo wings with blue cheese dip on the wooden backround

Customers enjoying steins of beer at the Old Heidelberg Brewery, in Chicago, c. 1900.

Enslaved workers in Brazil picking coffee beans, c. 1885, by 19th-century Brazilian photographer Marc Ferrez

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<p>The Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century, when agricultural societies became more industrialized and urban. The transcontinental railroad, the cotton gin, electricity and other inventions permanently changed society.</p>


Industrial Revolution

<p>Inventions from the telephone to the Model T and the computer have defined human history, and inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell have transformed our society.</p>


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