10 Inventions That Changed Your World: Quick Facts

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The Apple II computer was released in 1977.

Uniface blade and three end scrapers

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre: Still Life

Bessemer furnace

model of Thomas Edison's phonograph

Wright brothers

Labeled diagram of an iconoscope television camera tube showing internal components including the electron gun, deflecting coils, anode, mosaic, signal plate, and scanning beam path.

A step-by-step diagram shows the process of making a microchip, with nine labeled illustrations depicting stages such as oxidizing a silicon wafer, applying photoresist, exposing patterns, and forming circuit features.

The Apple II computer combined modern aesthetics with functionality

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