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The lightbulb
In the year 1800 Thomas Edison invented the very first lightbulb. This was important because we still use lightbulbs to this day, and if it wasn't invented we would probably still use fire or the sun as lighting. -
Electric Battery
The very first electric battery was invented in the year 1800 by a man named Alessandro Volta, This was an important invention because this was a working battery -
The Locomotive
The first steam locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick; it first ran on 21 February 1804. This was an important invention because the locomotive helped people get from place to place faster. -
Vulcanization
In the year 1839 a person named Charles Goodyear learned how to vulcanize rubber. This was important because every tire is made of vulcanized rubber. -
Sewing Machine
The sewing machine was invented by Isaac Singer in 1851 this helped people because before they had to hand stitch everything -
Internal Combustion Engine
The first commercially successful internal combustion engine was created by Étienne Lenoir around 1859. This was an important invention because internal combustion engines are still used in many vehicles today. -
Dynamite
Dynamite was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Germany, and patented in 1867. -
Typewriter
The first typewriter to be commercially successful was invented in 1868 by Americans Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, although Sholes soon disowned the machine and refused to use, or even to recommend it. -
The Telephone
The first telephone every invented was made by a man named Alexander Graham Bell in March of 1876. This invention had an effect on peoples lives by letting them have longer distance conversations, and this is an item we still use to this day -
The carburetor
The first carburetor was made by an Italian Luigi De Cristoforis, in 1876. This was important because carburetors helped engines run better by making a better air and fuel ratio.
