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Steam Engine
Watt's design had a condenser that could be cool while the cylinder was hot. Watt's engine soon became the ideal design for all modern steam engines. -
Steam Boat
The start of the steamboat began in 1787 when John Fitch made the first successful steamboat on the Delaware River on August 22, 1787, Fitch later built a larger vessel that carried passengers and freight between Philadelphia and Burlington, New Jersey. John Fitch was granted his first United States patent for a steamboat on August 26, 1791. However, he was granted his patent only after -
Steel Plow
Jhon Deere created and patented world's first self-polishing cast steel plow. -
Railroad
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Erie Canal
The Erie Canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean alongside the Hudson River. Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York, the driving enforcer behind the project, led the opening ceremonies and rode the canal boat Seneca Chief from Buffalo to New York City. -
Mechanical Reaper
The first reapers cut the standing grain and, with a revolving reel, swept it onto a platform from which it was raked off into piles by a man walking alongside it. It was invented in Rockbridge, Virginia by Cyrus McCormick. -
Morse Code
The device was modified to emboss the paper with dots and dashes from the telegraph. This invention was made by the same person, Samuel Morse hence the name Morse code. -
Telegraph
Samuel Morse proved that signals could be transmitted by wire. He used pulses of current to deflect an electromagnet, which moved a marker to produce written codes on a strip of paper. -
Vulcanized Rubber
Charles Goodyear discovered that if you removed the sulphur from rubber then heated it, it's elasticity, or the ability of a material (in this case rubber) to stay the same after being stretched or compressed. -
Sewing Machine
The first possible patent connected to mechanical sewing was a 1755 British patent issued to German, Elias Howe was issued a patent for a needle that was designed for a machine.
