Inventions of 1830-1900

Frenchmen, J.M. Jacquard invents the Jacquard Loom; Count Alessandro Volta invents the battery

Oct 30, 1800

1804 – Richard Trevithick, an English mining engineer, developed the first steam-powered locomotive

Oct 30, 1804

1809 – Humphry Davy invents the first electric light – the first arc lamp

Oct 30, 1809

1814 – George Stephenson designs the first steam locomotive; Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was the first person to take a photograph

Oct 30, 1814

1825 – William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet

Oct 30, 1825

1843 – Alexander Bain of Scotland, invents the facsimile

Oct 30, 1843

1853 – George Cayley invents a manned glider

Oct 30, 1853

1900 – The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Oct 30, 1900