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Battery
Jan 1,1800 Battery-Count Alessandro Volta invents the battery. -
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Industral Revoloution
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Electric Lamp
Humphry Davy invents the first electric light - the first arc lamp. Makes home life easier for people with the money to buy one. -
First photograph
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was the first person to take a photograph. He took the picture by setting up a machine called the camera obscura in the window of his home in France. It took eight hours for the camera to take the picture. -
Locomotive
George Stephenson designs the first steam locomotive. Eventually makes travel over long distances much easier. Also allows massive amounts of goods to be transported across land easily. -
Electromagnet
William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet. -
Typewriter
W.A. Burt invents a typewriter. Allows papers and books to be written more efficiently. -
Corn Planter
Henry Blair patents a corn planter, he is the second black person to receive a U.S. patent. Makes it far easier to plant one of the main staple crops of the North and Midwest -
Photography
Henry Talbot invents calotype photography. -
Calculator
Charles Babbage invented a mechanical calculator -
Wrench
Solymon Merrick patents the wrench. -
Telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. Begins a time of lightning fast communication -
Bicycle
Kirkpatrick Macmillan invents a bicycle. -
Dishwasher
Joel Houghton was granted the first patent for a dishwasher. Makes home life easier for those who can afford it -
Washing Machine
Hamilton Smith patents the rotary washing machine. Makes home life far easier for those fortunate enough to have one -
Machine Gun
Richard Gatling patents his machine gun. Revolutionizes war. -
Plastic
Alexander Parkes invents the first man-made plastic. Makes a lighter, cheaper solid to use in industry. Very widely used today. -
Modern Typewriter
Christopher Scholes invents the first practical and modern typewriter. Typewriters are easily available. This revolutionizes the business and writing worlds -
Traffic Lights
J P Knight invents traffic lights. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone. Makes long distance instant communication possible for the everyday person. -
Movie
Eadweard Muybridge invents the first moving pictures or movies
