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==Technology== * January 1 β [[Nathan Stubblefield]] demonstrates his [[Mobile phone|wireless telephone]] device in [[Kentucky]]. * April 13 β A new land speed record of {{convert|74|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} is set in [[Nice]], France, by [[LΓ©on Serpollet]] driving a steam car. * July 17 β [[Willis Carrier]] devises the first modern [[air conditioning]] system for a plant in New York City. * December 10 β [[Aswan Low Dam|Old Aswan Dam]], designed by [[William Willcocks]], completed across the [[River Nile]] in [[Egypt]]. * First [[Vierendeel bridge]] built, across the [[Scheldt]] at [[Avelgem]] in Belgium.
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