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IEEE Milestone
Extracted from the Wikipedia article List of IEEE Milestones.
The following Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) milestones represent key historical achievements in electrical and electronic engineering. Prior to 18001751 – Book Experiments and Observations on Electricity by Benjamin Franklin1757–1775 – Benjamin Franklin's Work in London1776 – Elekiteru: First electrostatic generator in Japan by Gennai Hiraga1799 – Alessandro Volta's Electrical Battery Invention1800–18501804 – Francisco Salvá Campillo's Electric Telegraph1820–1827 – The Birth of Electrodynamics1828–1837 – Pavel Schilling's Pioneering Contribution to Practical Telegraphy1836 – Nicholas Callan's Pioneering Contributions to Electrical Science and Technology1838 – Demonstration of Practical Telegraphy1850–18701852 – Electric Fire alarm system1860–1871 – Maxwell's equations1860–1863 – First Studies on Ring Armature for Direct-Current Dynamos1861 – Transcontinental Telegraph1861–1867 – Standardisation of the Ohm1866 – Landing of the Transatlantic Cable1866 – County Kerry Transatlantic Cable Stations1870–18901876 – First Intelligible Voice Transmission over Electric Wire1876 – Thomas Alva Edison Historic Site