Inventions Between 1700-1920

Invention timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1920

Seed Drill.

Aug 1, 1701

Made in 1701 by Jethro Tull.

Smelting iron.

Dec 9, 1709

Abraham Darby

Piano

Dec 9, 1709

Bartolomeo Cristofori

Tuning fork

Dec 9, 1711

John Shore

Diving Bell

Dec 9, 1717

Edward Halley

Fire extinguisher.

Dec 9, 1722

French C. Hopffer.

Thermometer

Dec 9, 1724

Gabriel Farenheit.

Flying shuttle

Dec 9, 1733

John Kay

Electrical capacitor

Dec 9, 1745

E,G. von Kleist

Lightning rod

Dec 9, 1752

Benjamin Franklin

English language dictionary

Dec 9, 1755

Samuel Johnson

Marine Chromometer

Dec 9, 1761

John Harrison

Spinning jenny

Dec 9, 1764

James Hargreaves

Steam Engine

Dec 9, 1775

James Watt

Flushing toilet

Dec 9, 1775

Alexander Cummings

Spinning Mule

Dec 9, 1779

Samuel Crompton

Bi-Focal Glasses

Dec 9, 1780

Benjamin Franklin

Cotton gin

Dec 9, 1793

Eli Whitney

Smallpox vaccine

Dec 9, 1796

Edward Jenner

Battery

Dec 9, 1800

Count Alessandro Volta

Steamboat service

Dec 9, 1807

Robert Fulton

Stethascope.

Dec 9, 1819

Rene Laennec

Revolver

Dec 9, 1836

Samuel Colt

Bicycle

Dec 9, 1839

Kirkpatric Macmillan

Blueprint

Dec 9, 1840

John Herschel

Washing Machine

Dec 9, 1858

Hamilton Smith

Barbed wire

Dec 9, 1873

Joseph Glidden

Induction Electric Motor

Dec 9, 1888

Nicola Tesla

Diesel engine

Dec 9, 1892

Rudolf Diesel

Teabags

Dec 9, 1904

Thomas Sullivan

First piloted helecopter

Dec 9, 1907

Paul Cornu