Greatest Pieces of Technology from the past 300 Years

Steamship

Nov 25, 1788

Improved by Patrick Miller to modern standards-Dumfries, Scotland

Cotton Gin

Mar 14, 1793

Was invented by Eli Whitney and helped revolutionize cotton production in the US. New England

Train

Aug 12, 1804

First steam powered locomotive created by Richard Trevithick-Cornwall, England

Camera

May 18, 1826

First permenant photograph camera created by Joseph Nicephore Niepce-Paris, France

Machine Gun

Feb 11, 1861

Created by Richard Jordan Gatling-America

Lightbulb

Nov 4, 1879

First long lasting carbon filament lightbulb created by Thomas Edison-Menlo Park, New Jersey

Automobile

Jan 16, 1885

Modern automobile invented by Karl Benz-Mannheim, Germany

Airplane

Dec 2, 1903

Created with engine by Orville and Wilbur Wright-Kitty Hawk , North Carolina

Penicillin

Apr 21, 1928

Discovered by Alexander Fleming-england

Atom Bomb

Jul 24, 1945

Created by physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer-America