CMS 274 Final

In what decade was the Analytical Engine designed?

1830s–1870s

When was the Zoetrope invented?

1834

When was the Zoetrope popularized?

1860s

In which decade was the Daguerreotype photographic process invented?

1839

When was Talbot’s paper print (calotype) process introduced?

1841

When did Morse demonstrate the telegraph to the U.S. Congress?

1844

During which decades was the carte-de-visite popular?

1854-1860s

When were glass negatives widely used in photography?

1850s

When was the Transcontinental Railroad completed in the United States?

1869

When were U.S. time zones standardized by the railroads?

1883

When was half-tone photo printing developed?

1880s-1890s

When did Eadweard Muybridge develop chronophotography?

1878-1887

When was cinema (motion pictures) invented?

1895

When did Marconi develop wireless telegraphy?

1896

When was radio first used to transmit the human voice?

1906

When did commercial radio emerge in the U.S.?

1920

When was cathode ray tube (CRT) TV technology developed?

1920s-1930s

When was television commercialized in the U.S. (debuted at World’s Fair)?

1939

When did the television boom begin in the United States?

1948-1955

When was pulse code modulation (PCM) first used in SIGSALY?

1943

When was the ENIAC computer built and programmed?

1945-1946

When was ARPANET, the precursor to the internet, developed?

1969