Second Industrial Revolution – Combustion Engine Electrified

By TimeWarped

  • First Air Break

    George Westinghouse patent system that used air pressure to keep train brakes off, reduced the air pressure to engage brakes to slow down train speed and came to a precise stop

  • Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone

  • First QWERTY Keyboard

    Christopher Latham Sholes invented the QWERTY keyboard. Designed to slow typists down and prevent typewriters from jamming.

  • Incandescent Lightbulb

    Thomas Edison invents the incandescent lightbulb

  • Steam Turbine

    Charles Parsons invents the first steam turbine

  • DC motor

    William Sturgeon invented the first DC motor

  • AC induction motor

    Nikola Tesla patented the AC induction motor

  • Development of Three-Phase Motors

    General Electric started developing three-phase induction motors

  • First Flight

    Orville and Wilbur Wright airplane flight.

  • Gasoline from Crude Oil

    William Burton developed a process to breakdown crude oil into an array to distillates like gasoline and petrochemicals

  • Ford Model T Assembly Line

    Henry Ford assembly-line to manufacture Model T

  • First Model R Waterloo Boy Tractor

    John Froelich premiers the first gas-powered tractor engine.