SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 19 CENTURY By dankla32 Period: 1800 BCE to 1600 BCE Numerical mathematics and algorithms Period: 600 BCE to 200 BCE Biology and Anatomy Period: 165 BCE to 142 BCE Algebra 1564 Probability and statistics 1800 Count Alessandro Volta invents the battery. 1815 Humphry Davy invents the miner's lamp. 1827 Humphry Davy invents the miner's lamp. 1830 Frenchman Barthelemy Thimonnier invents a rudimentary sewing machine. 1854 John Tyndall demonstrates the principles of fiber optics. Period: 1870 to 1880 Mathematical Tripos