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The Apple II computer was released in 1977. Uniface blade and three end scrapers Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre: Still Life Bud Freeman 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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The Apple II computer was released in 1977.
Courtesy of Apple Computer, Inc.
Uniface blade and three end scrapers
Stone tool flaked on one surface only, known as a uniface blade, and three end scrapers.
Courtesy, Robert R. Converse, the Archaeological Soceity of Ohio
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre: Still Life
Still Life, daguerreotype by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, 1837; in the...
Collection de la Société Francaiçe de Photographie, Paris
Bud Freeman
Bessemer furnace
Bessemer furnace, Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield, England.
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model of Thomas Edison's phonograph
First model of Thomas Edison's phonograph, c. 1877.
© Photos.com/Thinkstock
Wright brothers
Orville Wright making the first powered flight in a heavier-than-air craft, on December...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
iconoscope television camera tube
Conceived in 1923 by V.K. Zworykin, the iconoscope was used in the Radio Corporation...
EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica, Inc.
making a microchip
The sequence of operations in making one type of integrated circuit, or microchip,...
EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica, Inc.
The Apple II computer combined modern aesthetics with functionality
The Apple II's motherboard had eight expansion slots, providing users with more flexibility...
Courtesy of Apple Computer, Inc.