Timeline of Inventions from 1791The history of the most significant technological inventions, starting when Steamboat

1791: Steamboat
John Fitch (January 21, 1743 – July 2, 1798) was an American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and ...

1793: Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing...

1798: Vaccination
It was noticed during the 18th century that people who had suffered from the less virulent cowpox we...

1800: Battery
In 1800, as the result of a professional disagreement over the galvanic response advocated by Galvan...

1804: Locomotive
Prior to locomotives, the motive force for railroads had been generated by various lower-technology ...

1814: Camera
Nicéphore Niépce (born Joseph Niépce; 7 March 1765 – 5 July 1833) was a French inventor, now usually...

1814: Steam locomotive
George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engine...

1816: Miner's safety lamp
The Davy lamp is a safety lamp for use in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Dav...

1816: Stethoscope
René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec; 17 February 1781 – 13 August 1826) was a French physician. He inve...

1818: Bicycle
The first verifiable claim for a practically used bicycle belongs to German Baron Karl von Drais, a ...

1821: Electric motor
Perhaps the first electric motors were simple electrostatic devices created by the Scottish monk And...

1822: Mechanical computer
Charles Babbage KH FRS; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician...

1824: Braille
Louis Braille; 4 January 1809 – 6 January 1852) was a French educator and inventor of a system of re...

1830: Lawn mower
The first lawn mower was invented by Edwin Budding in 1830 in Thrupp, just outside Stroud, in Glouce...

1834: Refrigerator
Jacob Perkins, built the first working vapor-compression refrigeration system. It was a closed-cycle...

1834: Combine harvester
Scottish inventor Patrick Bell invented the reaper in 1826. The combine was invented in the United S...

1835: Morse code
Beginning in 1836, the American artist Samuel F. B. Morse, the American physicist Joseph Henry, and ...

1835: Revolver
In 1835, Samuel Colt traveled to the United Kingdom, following in the footsteps of Elisha Collier, a...

1838: Electric telegraph
The first commercial electrical telegraph, the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, was co-developed by W...

1839: Vulcanized rubber
Charles Goodyear (December 29, 1800 – July 1, 1860) was an American self-taught chemist and manufact...

1843: Typewriter
Charles Thurber (January 2, 1803 – November 7, 1886) was an inventor and firearms maker who made imp...

1846: Sewing machine
Contrary to popular belief, Howe was not the first to conceive of the idea of a sewing machine. Many...

1846: Rotary printing press
William Nicholson filed a 1790 patent for a rotary press. The rotary press itself is an evolution of...

1849: Safety pin
American mechanic Walter Hunt is regarded as the inventor of the safety pin that bears resemblance t...

1862: Revolving machine gun
The Gatling gun was designed by the American inventor Dr. Richard J. Gatling in 1861 and patented on...

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Timeline of Inventions from 1791