Technology Through the Ages

By Jarrett Czerwinski
  • 3500 BCE

    Wheel

    Wheel
    The first wheel was founded in 3500 b.c and it was first used as a potters wheel. They didn't use it as a wheel until someone put it on a wheel barrel to make it easier to push.
  • 3000 BCE

    Hammer

    Hammer
    The hammer was founded around 3000 b.c and it was invented by a roman crafts man. The hammer was made to make it easy to hit in nails and it was first made of tapered wood and concrete.
  • 3000 BCE

    Candles

    Candles
    The candles were made by Egyptians in 3000 b.c. The first candles were made by the Egyptians and was made out of beeswax
  • 600

    Paper

    Paper
    The first paper was invented 740 a.d and it was first a wood block in 600 b.c the first printed newspaper was in china.
  • 1364

    Gun

    Gun
    The gun was invented in 1364 by Richard Gatling. Guns were fired by touching a burning rope to a touch hole that went to the barrel and igniting the powder inside shooting the ammo.

  • Rotary Washing Machine

    Rotary Washing Machine
    The rotary washing machine was made by Hamilton Smith. The rotary washing machine was a step up from the drum washing machine which a a hand powered washing machine

  • Car

    Car
    The first automobile was made by Karl Benz. Before the first automobile was invented people would make steam powered artillery carriers

  • Vacuum

    Vacuum
    The first vacuum cleaner was made with suction and was built by British engineer Hubert Cecil Booth and American inventor David T. Kenney.

  • Screw

    Screw
    Th first screw was made in the 1930's and was made to have a better torque and have a tighter fastening.

  • Computer

    Computer
    The first modern computer was made in 1936 by Konrad Zuse and he made it in his parent's living room.