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With America plugging in to electric power, a flood of innovation is not only changing industry, it's revolutionizing the home; the new technology makes housework easier and gives women opportunities to work outside the home.

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Power Tool Showdown

When communication giant Western Union offers a colossal cash prize to anyone who can improve its network, two daring inventors go head-to-head in a fight that will forever change the way humans connect.

Telephone Wars

William Harley and Arthur Davidson have a bold vision for a new form of transportation.

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A ruthless mogul takes on a little-known inventor in a high stakes battle that will change the world forever, asking the question of whether a farm-boy can beat a titan with endless resources.

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In 1910, airplanes are a novelty, fragile wooden concoctions that float in the air--and crash.

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