Inventions

Steel Making

Dec 1, 1855

Henry Bessemer invented a process to mass produce stell, quickly and inexpensivly. Resulted in the boom of skyscrapers.

Combustion Engine created

Dec 1, 1867

Four stroke internal combustion engine- Nicolas Otto

Tungsten Steel

Dec 2, 1868

Rober Mushet invents Tungsten steel.

First cable car created

Dec 1, 1871

Andrew Smith Hallidie made the first cable car

Street cars powered by horses and underground cables

Dec 1, 1875

Underground cables and horses power street cars.

Electric Telephone created

Dec 1, 1876

Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson make a electric telephone in Boston

Phonograph Cylinder

Jul 18, 1877

Phonograph Cylinder was the first way to record or produce sound and became highly popular in 1888 to 1915.

Phonograph

Dec 1, 1877

Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.

First Praticle Automobile

Dec 1, 1885

Karl Benz makes the worlds first praticle automobile

First electric street cars

Dec 1, 1888

Richmond, Virginia becomes the first state to electrify streetcars

Direct dial telephone

Dec 1, 1889

Almon Stroweger patents the direct dial telephone.

Subway

Dec 1, 1900

Creation of the first subway in 1900 in New York.

Radio signal production

Dec 1, 1901

Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland.

First Airplane

Dec 2, 1903

First airplane invented and flown by the Wright brothers.

Model-T

Dec 2, 1908

Henry Ford creates the first Model- T Ford. More affordable for American car buyers.

Amberol Cylinder

Aug 25, 1909

Edison created a disc shaped device for audio called the Amberol Cylinder.

Mass production of Cars

Dec 1, 1920

Henry Ford imporved assembly line for car production. Cars become popular and begin to sell quickly.