invention timeline

  • communication:typewriter

    On August 26, 1843, Charles Thurber received the patent for the first practical typewriter, but the modern typewriter was invented by Christopher Shole in 1867 and patented in 1889.
  • transportation:chuckwagon

    The Chuckwagon was invented by Charles Goodnight in 1866. It helped loggers or cowboys to move their food and supplies around while feeding the food to their cattle, or themselves.
  • communication:telephone

    The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 and he received the patent for the telephone on March 7th, 1876. This picture shows the first telephone that was invented. The telephone played a big role in society, and in technology. It provided people with a way of communicating with one other,
  • communication:phonograph

    The phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877. It is known as an early sound-reproducing machine that used cylinders to record as well as reproduce sound.
  • daily life:lightbulb

    daily life:lightbulb

    Thomas Edison invented the first incandescent light bulb in 1881. These days humans rely heavily on electricity and technology, but before humans had to rely on the natural resources they had, even when it wasn't enough.
  • daily life:flatiron

    The electric flatiron was invented by US inventor Henry W.Seeley and patented on June 6, 1882
  • daily life:ceiling fan

    The electric ceiling fan was invented by Philip Diehl in 1882 who mounted a fan blade on a sewing machine motor and attached it to the ceiling.
  • daily life:fan

    The fan was invented by Schuyler Wheeler in 1882
  • communication:fountain pen

    communication:fountain pen

    The fountain pen was invented by Lewis Edson in 1884 and patented on February 12th, 1884 Waterman patented fountain pen.
  • communication:camera

    communication:camera

    The first kodak camera was invented by George Eastman in 1888. Eastman also created the first roll of film. He received the patent for his camera in September of 1888. The invention of the kodak camera was spectacular, because it would pave the path for humans and historians to capture the past, and bring it into the future.
  • transportation:tractor

    transportation:tractor

    In 1892, John Froelich developed the first stable gasoline/petrol-powered tractor with forward and reverse gears.
  • transportation:boat

    The radio controlled boat was invented by Nikola Tesla in 1892, and patented by him in 1898. This boat was controlled by radio waves in order to make it travel.
  • daily life: refrigerator

    On August 8, 1899, a patent was issued to Albert T. Marshall of Brockton, Massachusetts, for his household refrigeration device. He also invented the device in 1899.
  • daily life:vacuum

    The first powered vacuum cleaner was invented by Hubert Cecil Booth in 1901, and was also patented in 1901
  • daily life: air conditioning

    The first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented by Willis Carrier in Buffalo, New York in 1902. He patented his invention in Jnuary 2nd 1906.
  • communication:audion

    The Audion was an electronic detecting or amplifying vacuum tube invented by American electrical engineer Lee de Forest in 1906.
    His invention made live radio broadcasting possible and became the key component of all radio, telephone, radar, television, and computer systems. He received the patent for this on January 15th 1907.
  • daily life:stove

    In 1906, Lloyd Groff Copeman created an electric version of the gas stove and patented it in 1907
  • transportation:model T

    transportation:model T

    The model T was the vehicle invented by Henry Ford in 1908. He patented this invention in 1908. Back in the industrial era, before the railroad or the model t was born, people died traveling from one distance to another. Transportation through animals, like camels or horses, wasn't enough, especially when people stumbled upon obstacles such as harsh weather.
  • daily life:tea bags

    daily life:tea bags

    Thomas Sullivan invented the tea bag in 1908.
  • daily life:toaster

    In 1913 Copeman, Lloyd Groff created a toaster with an automatic bread turner. His creation was patented in 1914