1800 - 1899
A timeline of 19th century inventions for easy reference.1819 - Soda Fountain
In 1819, the "soda fountain" was patented by Samuel Fahnestock.1824 - Toy Ballons
The first rubber balloons were made by Professor Michael Faraday in 1824 for use in his experiments with hydrogen at the Royal Institution in London.1827 - Matches
John Walker brought the power of Prometheus to our fingertips.1831 - Reaper
Cyrus H. McCormick (1809-1884) was a Chicago industrialist and the inventor of the first commercially successful reaper, a horse-drawn machine to harvest wheat.1839 - Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Innovation for the 21st century, originated 150 years earlier.1840 - Morse Code
Samuel Morse developed telegraph wires and Morse code, an electronic alphabet patented in 1840, the first telegraph was "What hath God wrought!".1842 - Fax, Fax Machine & Facsimile
Invented in 1842 by Alexander Bain.1842 - The Grain Elevator
In 1842, the first grain elevator was built in Buffalo, NY.1849 - Safety Pin
Invented by Walter Hunt in 1849.1851 - Zipper
What would we do without this nifty invention.
A long list of inventors worked on this invention.1857 - Pullman Sleeping Car
Invented by George Pullman in 1857. History of railroads and related information.1868 - Air Brakes
Invented by George Westinghouse.1880 - Peanut Butter
George Washington Carver invented thousands of uses for the peanut.1880 - Seismograph
John Milne was the English seismologist and geologist who invented the first modern seismograph and promoted the building of seismological stations. Milne invented the horizontal pendulum seismograph in 1880.1881- Metal Detector
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first crude metal detector in 1881.1884 - Fountain Pen
Lewis Edson Waterman invented this writing wonder.1884 - Cash Register
James Ritty invented what was nicknamed the "Incorruptible Cashier" or the first working, mechanical cash register.1886 - Dishwasher
Josephine Cochrane invented the dishwasher in 1886, in Shelbyville, Illinois.1887 - Radar
In 1887, a physicist named Heinrich Hertz began experimenting with radio waves in his laboratory in Germany.1888 - Electric Chair
Thomas Edison actually invented this execution device while in competition with Westinghouse.1888 - Drinking Straws
Marvin Stone patented the spiral winding process to manufacture the first paper drinking straws.1889 - Matchbook
In 1889, Joshua Pusey invented the matchbook, he called his matchbook matches "Flexibles".1891 - Basketball
James Naismith invented and named basketball in 1891.1891 - Escalator
In 1891, Jesse W. Reno, created a new novelty ride at Coney Island that became known as the escalator1891 - Fig Newton Cookie
The history behind this tasty cookie.1891 to present - Motion Picture Inventions
Early history of the cinema, camera, projectors etc. Edison's Kinetoscope was invented in 1891.1892 - Internal Combustion Engine
Rudolf Diesel was the inventor of the internal combustion engine.1893 - Carborundum
Edward Goodrich Acheson, invented carborundum, the hardest man-made surface needed to bring about the industrial age.1893 - The Electric Toaster
The best thing since sliced bread, but actually invented before sliced bread.1893 - Clasp Locker
Being first to market gave Whitcomb the honor of commonly being credited as the "Inventor of the Zipper", though what he patented in 1893 wasn't even called a zipper at the time.1898 - Flashlight
The flashlight was invented in 1898, and the biblical quote of "Let There Be Light" was on the cover of the1899, Eveready catalog.1899 - Paperclip
A history of the paperclip - Norwegian, Johan Vaaler invented it in1899.
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