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Britannica article, "History of Technology Timeline" by Erik Gregersen says, Benjamin Franklin created this piece of technology that conducts lightning bolts into the ground. Gregersen, Erik. "History of Technology Timeline". Encyclopedia Britannica, Invalid Date, https://www.britannica.com/story/history-of-technology-timeline. Accessed 22 April 2022. -
Nicéphore Niépce had the marvelous idea to use light-sensitive solution to print a photograph on a silver-plated copper sheet surface. (Gregersen, Britannica)
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Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message between Washington D.C. and Baltimore saying, “What hath God wrought.” (Gregersen, Britannica) -
"The Telephone in Wisconsin" Rutgers library scholarly article suggests that Alexander Graham Bell's first successful phone call was of him saying, "Mr. Watson, come here; I want you." “Telephone History.” Rutgers.edu, 2019, dalbello.comminfo.rutgers.edu/FLVA/infrastructure/infoinfra/telephone/index.html. -
Inventor Karl Benz used a one-cylinder engine to power up the first three-wheeled modern car. (Gregersen, Britannica) -
The "Science and Technology Historical Timeline" Scholarly text by Jan Dosoudil and Nigel Haward states that German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen developed the first X-ray image. Dosoudil, Jan, and Nigel Haward. “SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY HISTORICAL TIMELINE.” Academia, www.academia.edu/27951425/Science_and_technology_timeline. Accessed 24 Apr. 2022. -
In the year 1922, 16-year-old Philo T. Farnsworth worked out a plan for the making of a television, but it wasn’t until five years later that he made the first electronic television transmission. (Gregersen, Britannica) -
Underneath the University of Chicago football stands, a team of physicists produced the first self-sustaining chain reaction using uranium. (Gregersen, Britannica) -
The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1 was launched into space starting the space race between the Soviet Union and the U.S. (Gregersen, Britannica)
