Technological and scientific advances during XIX century

  • Bicycle

    Bicycle
    The first bicycle was invented by Karl Dreis in 1816, and it didn't have pedals, chains and braces. It made people change the use of horses for bicycles.
  • Fountain pen

    Fountain pen
    The inventor Petrache Poenaru received a patent on 1827 for the first fountain pen. With it, people could write more ergonomic and the could improve their handwritting.
  • Car

    Car
    In 1830, Robert Anderson invented the first car. It made the trade increase.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    In 1837 the British inventors Sir William Fothergill Cooke and Sir Charles Wheatstone obtained a patent on a telegraph system that employed six wires and actuated five needle pointers attached to five galvanoscopes at the receiver.
    Electrical telegraph networks permitted people and commerce to transmit messages across both continents and oceans almost instantly, with widespread social and economic impacts.
  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia
    It was invented by Horace Wells, and a chemical substance called ether was being used as a recreational high in the United States.
  • Rubber bands

    Rubber bands
    On 1845, Stephen Perry patented the first rubber bands made of vulcanized rubber. It was invented to hold papers or envelopes together.
  • Elevator

    Elevator
    It was invented by Elisha Graves Otis. With the elevator things could be transported faster.
  • Machine gun

    Machine gun
    It was invented by Richard J. Gatling to reduce the size of armies and so reduce the number of deaths by combat and disease.
  • Barbed wire

    Barbed wire
    It was invented by Joseph Glidden. It was used for limiting the open range and starting many fights over land.
  • Gun magazine

    Gun magazine
    It was invented by Arthur William Savage and they were used to provide food and protection.