If I could be transported back...

I recently took part in the excellent Over/Under weekly series, hosted by Hyde on LazyBear. I was asked to rate and comment on a few topics, and over/under rate them. As part of my response on Hyde's blog I had the opportunity to pose one question to the next participant. This week I learned that my question was answered by Elena Rossini as part of her Over/Under review (a great read). My question was: If you could be transported back in history to a period of time, when would it be and why?Now that the Over/Under post is published, I wanted to answer it for myself too! My answerI'd love to go back to the 1850s, but hop about a little into the early 1900s. So many fundamental inventions became a reality. I'd be happy to be a fly on the wall observer, rather than someone who lived in that time period. 1876: The telephone. People, miles apart being able to speak to each other instantly! 1879: Imagine seeing electric light for the first time. You could illuminate a room with the flick of…