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Invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard. It simplified the process of creating textiles with complicated patterns such as brocade, damask and matelasse.
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The first full scale working locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick. It produced pulling power through a steam engine.
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Probably the worlds first internal combustion engine, it was invented in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, by Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude.
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The photographic process invented by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, which he used to produce the earliest known permanent photograph from nature, View from the Window at Le Gras.
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Independently developed and patented in the United States by Samuel Morse. It allowed communication over long distances.
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A mechanical machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printers today. Invented by Peter Mitterhoffer.
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One of the best known early rapid fire weapons and a forerunner of the machine gun. Invented by Richard Gatling.
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A telecommunication device for users to talk over long distances. Alexander Graham Bell patented it and was credited with its invetion.
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A device introduced for the recording and reproduction of sound. Invented by Thomas Edison.
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Produces light with a wire filament heated to a high temperature by an electric current passing through it, until it glows. Invented by Thomas Edison.
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An appliance designed to toast multiple types of bread products. Invented in Edinburgh, Scotland by Alan MacMasters.
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An early motion picture device invented and patented by Herman Casler. It did not project on a screen and instead let only one person view at a time.
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The process of changing the properties of air to more favorable conditions. Invented by Willis Carrier.
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A powered fixed wing aircraft that is propelled foward by a jet engine or propeller. Invented by Wilbur and Orville Wright.
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Attemted to direct blows away from the top of the head. Multiple people were contributed to its invention.
