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The '''Second Industrial Revolution''' was a second phase of the [[Industrial Revolution]], involving several developments within the [[chemical industry|chemical]], [[electrical industry|electrical]], [[petroleum industry|petroleum]], and [[steel industry|steel industries]].<ref>''Western Civilization'', page 679</ref>

Other key developments during this period include the introduction of oil fired steam turbine and internal combustion driven steel ships, the development of the airplane, the practical commercialization of the automobile, [[Mass production]] of [[consumer goods]], the perfection of canning, mechanical refrigeration, and other food preservation techniques, and the [[invention of the telephone]]. (This '''Second Industrial Revolution''' is sometimes labeled as the separate '''Technical revolution'''.) The second industrial revolution is termed the second phase of the [[Industrial Revolution]], since from a technological and a social point of view there is no clean break between the two.