Technological Advancements 1750-1900, by Alexis A.

  • Flush Toilet

    Flush Toilet
    was invented by Alexander Cummings. This invention stopped the use of chamber pots and cleaned up many of the streets in populated cities where contents of chamber pots where usually thrown, gave a cleaner and more sterile environment.
  • Steam Ship

    Steam Ship
    Invented by David Bushnell, this is another way transportation was revolutionized and could carry more people a longer distance than a normal boat could. This gave People faster travel by water/sea much like the locomotive on land
  • Steam Engine

    Steam Engine
    Created by James Watt. The Steam Engine was used to power steam boats and locomotives which allowed people to travel faster, safer, and more efficiently.
  • Ambulence

    Ambulence
    This was invented by Baron Dominiquie Larrey, this was one of the major healtchare advances of the time this meant that medical attention could be immediatley given to those who had a grave injury or illness.
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    Made by Eli Whitney, this machine allowed cotton to be ceratede into textiles faster which allowed for more profit and greater commerce.
  • Battery

    Battery
    This was invented by Alessandro Volta, this was another power source for people to use that is still used in many devices today around the world.
  • Rifle

    Rifle
    Created by Reverend John Forsyth of Aberdeenshire, this gun went from using the mandatory gun powder and lead shot to just the Bullets in order to load and fire quicker and faster. This greatly affects warfare and these types of guns are still used today by many military forces.
  • Stethoscope

    Stethoscope
    Another instrument in healthcare created by Rene Laennee. This allowed doctors to hear the corrrect functions of the heart and monitor respitory breathing of their patients.
  • Stereoscope

    Stereoscope
    This new device was invented by Chalres Wheatstone, this device allowed the viewer to see two dimensional photos in a three dimensional way by looking through a special lense on the device.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail created the Telegraph. This made communication much faster and was later used on ships so they could communicate at a more efficient level.
  • Postage Stamp

    Postage Stamp
    this invention was created by Rowland Hill, a school teacher. This was the first instance where people had to begin paying to mail letters.
  • Bicycle

    Bicycle
    This was invented by Kirk Patrick Machmillan. This device allowed people to travel much faster then on foot and was more affordable than buyoing a car, the bicycle also saved space for many people in big cities where space is a valuable thing. Along with the space also came the manuverability of the vehicle as well.
  • Photography

    Photography
    This revolutionary acheivement was created by Jacques- MAnde Daguerre, this is the origin of many things we have today such as the digital camera, and the movie industry. This allowed people to instead of being painted to be actually been senn as acuaratley as possible.
  • Revolving Rotary Printing Press

    Revolving Rotary Printing Press
    Invented by Richard March Hoe, his new printing press could generate 100,000 copies of the newspaper in one hour. This revolutionized the news and media because of the speed it took to reach the people.
  • Plastic

    Plastic
    First created by Alexander Parkes, this daurable material was much cheaper than metal to make and lasted just as long and was also a lighter material for usage, this material is still used heavily in today's society.
  • Dynamite

    Dynamite
    This explosive invention was created by Alfred Nobel. This material was used for many things, warfare, the building of railroads, snd the destruction of many other things. in many ways this material benefited people of the world. For Construction for example the dynamite was used to clear rubble and blast away large chunks of mountain and without dynamite could have taken years to clear away as much material as the dynamite in a few seconds.
  • Typewriter

    Typewriter
    This was invented by Christopher Scholes, this invention was a simple machine that allowed other people and not just printing agencies to write and publish works. This also played a huge role in the development of computers today.
  • Carpet Sweeper

    Carpet Sweeper
    this was invented by Melville Bissel, This was the beginning stages of the soon to be Vaccum that is so well known to today's society. this was the earliest form if not the very first vaccum cleaner ever invented.
  • Telephone

    Telephone
    Created by Alexander Graham Bell, This revolutionized communication for people throughout the modern world. Instead of communicating slowly through letters people could now communicate much quicker.
  • Electric Light

    Electric Light
    Invented by Thomas Edison, because of this invention people no longer had to rely on candles or daylight. This starts the Eclictric revolution in households which is the reason almost every house in the world has electricity.