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Wilhelm Schickard's "Calculating Clock"
Wilhelm Schickard invented the first calculator in 1623 AD. It is able of multiplying large numbers.
Why: Because it started the whole idea of calculators -
Blaise Pascal's Pascaline
A calculator that could perform addition and subtraction; however, only pascal could keep it working properly. It was also terribly expensive.
Why: Another calculator was made but with different funtions Why: -
Samuel Morland's Mechanical Calculator
Samuel Morland inproved Pascal's version of a calculator that would be easier and more efficient to use.
Why: Calculators were made easier to use increasing use -
Gottfried Leibnez' "Stepped Reckoner"
Gottfried Leibnez invented calculus by making a calculator that could both add and multiply.
Why: Now you don't need two calculators just one -
Thomas de Colmar's Arithmometer
Thomas de Colmar invented the first mass-produced and mass-sold calculator. Continues to be used and sold for many years.
Why: Calculators could be found and used easier to the masses -
Telegraph
The telegraph was invented
Why: Communication over distances was made quicker -
First Programmer
Lord Byron's daughter, Ada, Countess of Lovelace suggested to Babbage to program his analytical engine becoming the world's first programmer.
Why: People were becoming more interested in computers -
Scheutz' Printing Calculator
The first printing calculator was invented.
Why: People could print off and show their work to others -
Trans-continental Telegraph
A trans-continental telegraph line connects the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
Why: Communication was spread all over the US -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
Why: People made it even easier by making it so the common people who didn't know how to use a telegraph could still communicate.
