By the Numbers in 1910
World Population
1.8B
UK Life Expectancy
48.5 years
US Life Expectancy
49.2 years
Gold Price (per oz)
$20.64
Dow Jones Index
89
US National Debt
1.2B
Sovereign Nations
52
How Much Did Things Cost in 1910?
| Item | UK | US |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | £250 | $3,200 |
| Average salary | £70 | $575 |
| Pint of milk | 2d | 7¢ |
| Loaf of bread | 2½d | 5¢ |
| Dozen eggs | 1s 2d | 34¢ |
| Pint of beer | 2d | 5¢ |
Technology and Inventions in 1910
The telephone was spreading rapidly in cities. Motor cars were still largely a luxury but growing more common. The Wright brothers had flown only seven years earlier and aviation was a daring novelty. Electric lighting was replacing gas in urban areas.
- ● Neon lighting demonstrated publicly for the first time in Paris
- ● The first seaplane flight by Henri Fabre in France
- ● Edison's Kinetophone attempted to sync sound with film
- ● The electric washing machine was patented by Alva J. Fisher
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