The answer is a telegraph.
Especially known as the creator of the incandescent lamp, Thomas Edison was responsible for several devices important to the trajectory and development of mankind.
<u>One of the earliest inventions that made Thomas Edison famous, the phonograph was the first machine capable of recording and reproducing sounds.
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The telegraph breakthrough occurred while Edison was trying to improve the telegraph transmitter when he realized that the movement of the paper tape through the machine produced a noise that resembled spoken words when played at high speed.
Well depends what time your talking about but both were great nations back then and still are but England had the superior Navy while France had better leaders both are really strong but the British are more reliable because of their navy even present day so I would pick England . Hope this helped you
Definition:
ethnoarchaeology is the ethnographic study of peoples for archaeological reasons, usually through the study of the material remains of a society.
It was created so citizens will know the law, it was made so they could know it