Timeline of Inventions from 1862The history of the most significant technological inventions, starting when Mechanical submarine

1862: Mechanical submarine
Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol; 28 September 1819 – 6 September 1885) was a Spanish intellectual, arti...

1866: Dynamite
Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel and was the first safely manageable explosive stronger than bl...

1870: Stock ticker
One of the earliest practical stock ticker machines, the Universal Stock Ticker developed by Thomas ...

1873: Jeans
Jeans are trousers, a type of garment, typically made from denim or dungaree cloth. Often the term "...

1876: Gasoline carburettor
In 1876, Otto developed a gaseous fuel, compressed charge four-stroke cycle, (also known as the Otto...

1876: Telephone
In 1876, Scottish emigrant Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be granted a United States patent ...

1877: Phonograph
The phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. While other inventors had produced devices tha...

1877: Microphone
The first microphone that enabled proper voice telephony was the (loose-contact) carbon microphone. ...

1878: Cathode ray tube
Sir William Crookes OM PRS (17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was an English chemist and physicist who at...

1879: Light bulb
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. ...

1882: Electric iron
Before the introduction of electricity irons were heated by combustion, either in a fire or with som...

1885: Motor cycle
The first internal combustion, petroleum fueled motorcycle was the Daimler Reitwagen. It was designe...

1886: Automobile
Karl Friedrich Benz; November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German engine designer and automobile ...

1891: Zipper
A zipper, zip, fly or zip fastener, formerly known as a clasp locker, is a commonly used device for ...

1893: Wireless communication
ikola Tesla; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943, was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, me...

1894: Packaged breakfast cereal
John Harvey Kellogg is best known for the invention of the famous breakfast cereal, Corn Flakes, in ...

1895: Diesel engine
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German inventor and mechanica...

1895: Radio signals
Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor and...

1898: Remote control
In 1894, the first example of wirelessly controlling at a distance was during a demonstration by the...

1901: Vacuum cleaner
The motorized vacuum cleaner was invented by Hubert Cecil Booth of England in 1901. As Booth recalle...

1902: Colour motion film
The first color cinematography was by additive color systems such as the one patented by Edward Raym...

1903: Powered airplane
The Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane in 1903, recognized as "the first sustained...

1907: Colour photography
The Lumière brothers were born in Besançon, France to Charles-Antoine Lumière (1840-1911)and Jeanne ...

1907: Helicopter
French engineer Paul Cornu made history by designing the world's first successful manned rotary wing...

1907: Radio amplifier
The first practical electronic device that could amplify was the Audion (triode) vacuum tube, invent...

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Timeline of Inventions from 1862