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The First Industrial Revolution
It was a time of great transformations in the technological, economic, social and cultural fields, which had its center in England. -
Atomic theory-John Dalton
Dalton's atomic theory was the first complete attempt to describe all matter in terms of atoms and their properties.
Although it was not finally the final one, it was a great support for later theories. -
Locomotive-Richard Trevithick,
At the beginning of the 19th century, Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive, which was a breakthrough for the long-range commute. -
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Spanish War of Independence
It was a conflict, developed between 1808 and 1814, between the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal and the first French empire that after occupying the peninsula wanted to install Napoleon's brother on the throne. -
Anesthesia-William Morton
William Morton was the protagonist of the first painless operation in 1846. -
Phone-Antonio Meucci
The telephone was invented in the year 1854 by the Italian inventor Antonio Meucci. He built it to connect his office with his bedroom and thus be able to talk to his wife, who was immobilized in bed due to an illness. Today it is what we use the most on a day-to-day basis. -
Theory of Evolution-Charles Darwin
Darwin's theory was a great evolutionary advance that gives us to understand that natural selection is essential for evolution -
Louis Pasteur's method of pasteurization
In 1864, Louis Pasteur discovered pasteurization, that is, if food undergoes a certain heat treatment, it can be preserved longer and in a better way. -
Phonograph-Thomas Alva Edison
The phonograph was the most common early device for recording and reproducing sounds. -
Bar of soap: William Hesketh Lever
As we know it today, the soap bar was invented in 1903 by the German Adolph Klumpp and his famous refrigerated soap-making press. This was a breakthrough for hygiene around the world -
Coca-Cola-John Stith Pemberton,
On May 8, 1886, while the pharmacist John S. Pemberton was working with the formula of a medicinal principle based on a syrup and natural water, he accidentally mixed this compound with carbonated water, obtaining a drink with a delicious and refreshing taste, which would become Coca-Cola -
Plane-Clément Ader
Thanks to the studies of Louis Pierre Mouillard on the flight of birds, he built his first flying machine in 1886, Ader created the first airplane. Today it is one of the most used transport -
Cinematographer-Lumière Brothers
In 1895, the first public exhibition of the cinematograph Lumiére taken place. -
Discovery of the electron-Joseph John Thomson.
The electron, the first subatomic particle discovered, was detected in cathode rays -
Aspirin-Felix Hoffmann
It was in 1897 when the German chemist Félix Hoffman succeeded in synthesizing, for the first time, acetylsalicylic acid in a pure and stable form.
