Inventions and Inventors timeline

Steam Engine

1698

Thomas Savery, in 1698, patented the first practical, atmospheric pressure, steam engine of 1 horsepower (750 W). ... Its principle was to condense steam in a cylinder, thus causing atmospheric pressure to drive a piston and produce mechanical work.

Flying Shuttle

1733

The flying shuttle was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms.Some Flying Shuttles are still used today, along with other more modern inventions.invented by John Kay.

Spinning Jenny

1764

The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. It was invented by James Hargreaves in Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England.

Spinning Frame

1768

The spinning frame is an Industrial Revolution invention for spinning thread or yarn from fibres such as wool or cotton in a mechanized way. It was developed in 18th-century Britain by Richard Arkwright and John Kay.

spinning mule

1799

Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule, so called because it is a hybrid of Arkwright's water frame and James Hargreaves' spinning jenny in the same way that mule is the product of crossbreeding a female horse with a male donkey (a female donkey is called a jenny).

Steam Locomotive

1803

British mechanical engineer and inventor who successfully harnessed high-pressure steam and constructed the world's first steam railway locomotive.

Steam Locomotive

Feb 21, 1804

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning combustible material – usually coal, wood, or oil – to produce steam in a boiler. Invented by George Stephenson>

Manufacturing Steel

1856

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer who developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively, leading to the development of the Bessemer converter. He was knighted in 1879

Pasteurization

1856

Pasteurization is the process of heat processing a liquid or a food to kill pathogenic bacteria to make the food safe to eat. The use of pasteurization to kill pathogenic bacteria has helped reduce the transmission of diseases, such as typhoid fever, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, polio, and dysentery. invented by Louis Pasteur.

Steamboat

1870

American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton is best know for developing the first successful commercial steamboat, the North River Steamboat (later known as the Clermont) which carried passengers between New York City and Albany, New York. Fulton also designed the world's first steam warship.

Light Bulb

Dec 31, 1879

Edison made the first public demonstration of his incandescent light bulb on December 31, 1879, in Menlo Park. It was during this time that he said: "We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles."

Tesla Coil

1891

The Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit designed by inventor Nikola Tesla. It is used to produce high-voltage, low-current, high-frequency alternating-current electricity.