To detect heat obviously.
In 1850 Mr. Augustus Pope of Boston invented the first electrical burglar alarm.
Edwin Holmes invented the burglar alarm in 1852
The first digital alarm clock was invented in 1956 by D.E. Protzmann, an engineer at General Electric. This alarm clock featured a digital display and the ability to set specific alarm times, setting the foundation for modern digital alarm clocks.
The first electric fire detector was developed in Brooklyn, NY in 1863 by Alexander Ross, however the first electric fire sensor to see commercial use was designed by another New Yorker, William B. Watkins. By the early 1870's, Watkins had developed remotely monitored fire alarm systems using heat detectors and in 1873 formed the first private fire alarm company (Boston AFA) which surivives to this day as AFA Automatic Fire Alarm) Protective Systems.
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They are devices that are made to sense changes in heat (heat alarm/fire alarm) which then activated either self sounders or complex alarm systems Smoke alarms detect chemical changes and as like heat set off either internal sounders or complex alarm networks
Five years after the burglar was invented.
From your head and downward
In 1967
A heat detector is a good addition to the smoke alarm. It will help to detect a heat source that is growing in case the smoke alarm in the home is not functioning.
The rain alarm was invented by Andrew Grimes. It is a device that alerts users when rain is approaching so they can take necessary precautions.