Inventions Timeline

1814  Steam Locomotive (Blucher) was invented by George Stephenson   

1814  george Stephenson builds the first practical steam locomotive.   

1816  Miner's safety lamp was invented by Humphry Davy   

1816  stethoscope was invented by Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec   

1816  Robert Stirling invents the efficient Stirling engine   

1820  the Arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar   

1821  Electric motor was invented by Michael Faraday   

1822  charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer   

1826  photography was invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce   

1827  joseph Niepce makes the first modern photograph.   

1830  lawn mower was invented by Edwin Beard Budding   

1830  William Sturgeon develops the first practical electric motor   

1830  Louis Daguerre invents a practical method of taking pin-sharp photographs called Daguerreotypes   

1830  William Henry Fox Talbot develops a way of making and printing photographs using reverse images called negatives   

1832  Matches   

1834  braille was invented by Louis Braille   

1834  Refrigerator was invented by Jacob Perkins   

1834  combine harvester was invented by Hiram Moore   

1834  The first refrigerator is invented   

1835  morse code was invented by Samuel Morse   

1835  revolver was invented by Samuel Colt   

1836  Englishman Francis Petit-Smith and Swedish-American John Ericsson independently develop propellers with blades for ships   

1836  gas stoves are used in homes.   

1838  electric telegraph was invented by Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse)   

1839  Vulcanization of rubber was invented by Charles Goodyear   

1839  charles Goodyear finally perfects a durable form of rubber (vulcanized rubber) after many years of unsuccessful experimenting.   

1840  Scottish physicist James Prescott Joule outlines the theory of the conservation of energy   

1840  scotsman Alexander Bain invents a primitive fax machine based on chemical technology.   

1842  anaesthesia was invented by Crawford Long   

1843  Typewriter was invented by Charles Thurber   

1845  Rubber bands   

1846  Sewing machine was invented by Elias Howe   

1846  Rotary printing press was invented by Richard M. Hoe   

1849  safety pin was invented by Walter Hunt   

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