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Lightening Rod
1752
Benjamin Franklin
Metal rod with a pointed rop that attracts lightning and transferred it to the ground. First idea of the use of electrcity. -
Spinning Jenny
1764
James Hargreaves
A machine that allows people to make yarn and clothing faster. -
Water Frame
1764
Richard Arkwright
The first powered textile machine. -
Steam Engine
1775
James Watt
Iproved machine to harness the energy of steam. -
Submarine
1776
David Bushnell
The first tranportation that operates below the surface of water. -
Spinning Mule
1779
Crompton
Allowed greater control over the weaving process. -
Hot Air Balloon
1783
Montgolfier brothers
One of the early transportations that could fly before airplanes. -
Cotton Gin
1793
Eli Whitney
A machine that removes cotton from its seeds and becomes very importan in the textile industry. -
Jacquard Loom
1804
Joseph Marie Jacquard
it weaved complex designs and automatically controleled the warp and weft threads on a silk loom by recording patterns of holes in a string of cards. -
Variable Speed Batton
1813
William Harrocks
It improved the power loom. -
Steam Powered Railroad Locomotive
1814
George Stephenson
First locomotive to allow trains to work. -
Braille System
1829
Louis Braille
Allowed the blind to communicate with others. -
Typewriter
1829
W.A. Bert
First machine that allows what the writer types to be transferred to paper. -
Reaper
1831
Cyrus McCormick
This invention allows farmers to double the crops they have. -
Telegraph
1837
Samuel Morse
First mean of communication that allows people to communicate faster. It allowed people to share ideas and is the main reason why the internet exists. -
Morse Code
1838
Samuel Morse
A new, letter based form of communication which is controlled by a signal. -
Sewing Machine
1844
Eliase Howe
FIrst modern idea of the sewing machine. Later on improved by Isaac Singer in 1851. -
Synthetic Dye
1856
William Perkin
Synthetic Dye made it possible to put colors on clothes. -
Bicycle
1861
Pierre and Ernest Michaux
This invention allows people to travel faster not through walking. -
Gasoline Engine Automobile
1862
Jean Lenoir
First self powered road vehicle which leads to nowaday cars. -
Transatlantic Cable
1866
Cyrus Field
Allows people from the Americas to communicate to people across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Motorcycle
1867
Sylvester Howard Roper
Allowed people to travel faster than using a bicycle. -
Compressed Air Locomotive Brake
1868
George Westinghouse
Enabled trains to stop with fail-safe accuracy. -
Cable Car
1871
San Franciscan Andrew Smith Hallidie
One of the very first public vehicles that are fast. It still exists today in San Francisco and some other cities. -
Telephone
1876
Alexander Graham Bell
Allows people to communcate from two different places which allows now the existence of smartphones. -
Phonograph
1877
Thomas Alva Edison
This machine allows people to hear things they have never heard before. This allows the invention of CD's. -
Incandescant Lightbulb
1879
Thomas Alva Edison
Firat lightbubl which we still use today. -
Steam Turbines
1884
Charles Parsons
A more advanced machine of the steam engine. It generates power in rotary motion from the energy of steam. -
Fountain Pen
1884
Lewis E. Waterman -
Automobile
1885
Karl Benz
First practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine. This leads to the first ideas of cars powered by engines. -
Induction Electric Motor
1888
Nikola Tesla
Converts electrical energy to mechanoical energy. Used greatly in locomotives. -
Diesel Engine
1892
Rudolf Diesel
An internal combustion engine that is very environmentally friendly (comes from a diesel tree not fossil fuels). Significant in the production of marine and aircraft applications. -
Braille Typewriter
1892
Frank Haven Hall
This allowed blind people to type. Now, there are various methos in which blind people can communicate with other people. -
Zeppelin
1899
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
First successful dirigible. It is important in the military as it could hold more people and bombs as well as fly higher and further.
