MECHANICAL INVENTIONS
1285 Spectacles (Curved glass) Salvino Armado Italy
1450 Printing Press Caxton Germany
1500 Watch (Main Spring) Peter Henlein Germany
1590 Microscope Z.Jansen Netherlands
1609 Telescope Galiles Italy
1643 Barometer E.Torricelli Italy
1650 Air Pump Von Guerick Germany
1656 Clock,Pendulum G.Huygens Netherlands
1700 Blast furnace Abraham,Darby United Kingdom
1714 Thermometer,Mercuric G.D.Fahrenheit Germany
1765 Steam Engine James Watt Scotland
1767 Spinning Jenny J.Hargreaves England
1780 Watch (Self winding) Lewis Recordon England
1783 Baloon Montgolfier Bros. France
1785 Parachute F.Blanchard France
1793 Cotton Gin Eli Whitney U.S.A.
1794 Ball-Bearing Vanghan Britain
1801 Locomotive,Steam R.Trevithick England
1803 Steamboat Robert Fulton U.S.A.
1816 Safety Lamp Sir H.Davy England
1819 Stethoscope Laennec France
1825 Railroad (Steam) G.Stephenson England
1450 Printing Press Caxton Germany
1500 Watch (Main Spring) Peter Henlein Germany
1590 Microscope Z.Jansen Netherlands
1609 Telescope Galiles Italy
1643 Barometer E.Torricelli Italy
1650 Air Pump Von Guerick Germany
1656 Clock,Pendulum G.Huygens Netherlands
1700 Blast furnace Abraham,Darby United Kingdom
1714 Thermometer,Mercuric G.D.Fahrenheit Germany
1765 Steam Engine James Watt Scotland
1767 Spinning Jenny J.Hargreaves England
1780 Watch (Self winding) Lewis Recordon England
1783 Baloon Montgolfier Bros. France
1785 Parachute F.Blanchard France
1793 Cotton Gin Eli Whitney U.S.A.
1794 Ball-Bearing Vanghan Britain
1801 Locomotive,Steam R.Trevithick England
1803 Steamboat Robert Fulton U.S.A.
1816 Safety Lamp Sir H.Davy England
1819 Stethoscope Laennec France
1825 Railroad (Steam) G.Stephenson England
1825 Electro-Magnet W.Sturgeon England
1826 Camera (Photographic) Joseph Nippce France 1827 Match Friction John Walker England 1831 Electric Generator Michael Faraday England 1832 Telegraph Samuel Morse U.S.A. 1834 Refrigeration,Mechanical Parkins U.S.A. 1834 Reaper C.McCormick U.S.A. 1835 Revolver Colt U.S.A. 1837 Photography,Black & White Louis Daguerre France 1837 Kalidoscope David Brewster England 1839 Rubber,Vulcanized G.Goodyear U.S.A. 1842 Bicycle Macmillan Scotland 1845 Cinemascope Aspdin England 1849 Safety Pin Walter Hunt U.S.A. 1852 Gyroscope L.Foucalt France 1855 Stove (gas) Robert Bunsen Germany 1856 Converter Sir H.Bessemer England 1857 Elevator,Passenger E.G.Otis U.S.A. 1859 Spectroscope Bunsen Germany 1860 Dynamo Picinotti Italy 1861 Machine GuN R.J.Gatting U.S.A. 1866 Torpedo Whitehead England 1866 Dynamite Alfred Nobel Sweden 1866 Sewing Machine Elias Howe U.S.A. 1868 Typewriter C.Sholes U.S.A. 1868 Air-Brake for railroads G.Westinghouse U.S.A. 1869 Plastic (Celluloid) John W.Hyatt U.S.A. 1870 Celluloid John W.Hyatt U.S.A. 1876 Telephone A.Graham Bell U.S.A. 1876 Gas Engine Nikolaus Otto Germany 1876 Cash Register James Ritty U.S.A. 1877 Phonograph T.A. Edison U.S.A. 1877 Microphone Berliner U.S.A. 1879 Incandescent Lamp T.A. Edison U.S.A. 1879 Electric Lamp T.A. Edison U.S.A. 1879 Curburretor G.Daimler Germany 1883 Rayon Swan england 1884 Fountain Pen L.E.Waterman U.S.A. 1885 Motor Cycle G.Daimler Germany 1885 Automobile Karl Benz Germany 1885 Linotype O.Mergenthaler U.S.A. 1885 Internal Combustion Engine G.Daimler Germany 1885 Adding Machine Burroughs U.S.A. 1886 Electric Fan Schuyler S.Wheeler U.S.A. 1887 Gramophone Berliner U.S.A. 1888 Pneumatic Tyre Dunlop North ireland 1888 Kodak George Eastman U.S.A. 1891 Zipper W.L.Judson U.S.A. 1891 Photography,Colour Lippman France |
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1892 Thermos Flask J.Dewar England
1892 Electric Motor A.C. Nicola Tesla U.S.A. 1893 Projector T.A.Edison U.S.A. 1893 Coke oven Hoffman Austria 1893 Addressograph J.S.Duncan U.S.A. 1895 Slot Machine Charles Fey U.S.A. 1895 Radio G.Marconi Italy 1895 X-ray Machine W.K.Roentgen Germany 1895 Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel Germany 1900 Tractor Caterpillar B.Holt U.S.A. 1903 Aeroplane Wright Brothers U.S.A. 1905 Gyro Compass E.A.Sperry U.S.A. 1907 Vacuum Tube Lee de Forest U.S.A. 1907 Bakelite L.H.Backeland U.S.A. 1911 Hydroplane Glen Curtiss U.S.A. 1911 Airconditioning W.H.Carrier U.S.A. 1913 Stainless Steel Harry Brearley England 1914 Tank,Military E.Swinton England 1918 Rifle,automatic John M.Browning U.S.A. 1919 Motor Scooter Greville Bradshaw England 1923 Iconoscope Zworykin U.S.A. 1924 Loudspeaker Pin-Kellog U.S.A. 1925 Quick Freezing of Food Birdseye U.S.A. 1926 Television John L.Baird Scotland 1929 Rocket,Liquid Fuel R.H.Goddard U.S.A. 1895 Safety Razor Gillette U.S.A. 1930 Jet Propulsion Sir Frank Whittle England 1930 Ball Point Pen Hoze Ladislao Biro Argentina 1930 Computer (Analog) Vennevar Bush U.S.A. 1931 Cyclotron E.O.Lawrence U.S.A. 1931 Cement,Portland Henri Chretien France 1944 Computer (Digital) Howard Aiken U.S.A. 1947 Transistor Bardeen, Shockley, Brattain U.S.A. 1960 Laser T.H.Mainman U.S.A. - Seismograph Robert Mallet - - Hovercraft Cockrell - - Submarine Bushnell - - Radar R.W.Watt Britain - Teleprinter Bandot and Halseke - - Helicopter Brequet - - Crescograph J.C.Bose India |
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