History of inventions

Fire extinguishers are invented

Mar 2, 1860

This invention was created to help people put out small house fires

Thomas Edison develops the phonograph, the first practical method of recording and playing back sound on metal foil.

Mar 2, 1870

The first way to communicate and record sound

Thomas Edison opens the world's first power plants.

Mar 2, 1880

Helps the world create different types of energy

Carrie Everson invents new ways of mining silver, gold, and copper.

Mar 2, 1880

A new and safer way to mine without harming the environment

Karl Benz builds a gasoline-engined car.

Mar 2, 1885

The first car engined on gasoline

German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovers X rays

Mar 2, 1895

A great medical advantage to help people of the future

Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright build the first engine-powered airplane.

Mar 2, 1903

The very first airplane that changed the future forever

Alva Fisher invents the electric clothes washer.

Mar 2, 1907

The first way to wash your clothes other than the river

homas Midgley, Jr. invents coolant chemicals for air conditioners and refrigerators.

Mar 2, 1928

Chemicals that are inside of our refrigerators today

Igor Sikorsky builds the first truly practical helicopter.

Mar 2, 1939

The first helicopter that is safe and that would change the world forever