Showing posts with label inventions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inventions. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

what are inventions before the light bulb?

Question by Arnaldo: what are inventions before the light bulb?



Best answer:

Answer by Clark
The wheel



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Friday, May 17, 2013

List of Black inventions?

Question by Manchester United fan: List of Black inventions?
ok before people flame me for "being racist" I AM BLACK. I have a list here but i was just wondering if I was missing any
Sani-Phone Jerry Johnson
Wrench John A. Johnson
Super Soaker Lonnie Johnson
Eye Protector P. Johnson
Egg Beater W. Johnson
Defroster Frederick M. Jones
Air Conditioning Unit Frederick M. Jones
Two-Cycle Gas Engine Frederick M. Jones
Internal Combustion Engine Frederick M. Jones
Starter Generator Frederick M. Jones
Refrigeration Controls Frederick M. Jones
Bottle Caps Jones & Long
Clothes Dresser John H. Jordan
Electric Lamp Latimer & Nichols
Printing Press W.A. Lavalette
Laser Fuels Lester Lee
Pressure Cooker Maurice W. Lee
Envelope Seal F.W. Leslie
Window Cleaner A.L. Lewis
Pencil Sharpener John L. Love
Fire Extinguisher Tom J. Marshal
Lock W.A. Martin
Shoe Lasting Machine Jan Matzeliger
Lubricators Elijah McCoy
Rocket Catapult Hugh MacDonald
Elevator Alexander Miles
Gas Mask Garrett Morgan
Traffic Signal Garrett Morgan
Hair Brush Lyda Newman
Heating Furnace Alice H. Parker
Air Ship (Blimp) J.F. Pickering
Folding Chair Purdy/Sadgwar
Hand Stamp W.B. Purvis
Fountain Pen W.B. Purvis
Dust Pan L.P. Ray
Insect Destroyer Gun A.C. Richardson
Baby Buggy W.H. Richardson
Sugar Refinement N. Rillieux
Pressing Comb Walter Sammons
Hair Dressing Device Walter Sammons
Clothes Dryer G.T. Sampson
Cellular Phone Henry Sampson
Urinalysis Machine Dewey Sanderson
Hydraulic Shock Absorber Ralph Sanderson
Curtain Rod S.R. Scottron
Multi-Stage Rocket Adolph Shamms
Lawn Sprinkler J.W. Smith
Automatic Gear Shift R.B. Spikes
Refrigerator J. Standard
Mop T.W. Stewart
Cattle Roping Apparatus Darryl Thomas
Stair Climbing Wheelchair Rufus J. Weaver
Polym. Water Reduction Paint Morris B. Williams
Helicopter Paul E. Williams
Fire Escape Ladder J.B. Winters
Telephone Transmitter Granville T. Woods
Electric Cut-Off Switch Granville T. Woods
Relay Instrument Granville T. Woods
Telephone System Granville T. Woods
Electro Mech Brake Granville T. Woods
Galvanic Battery Granville T. Woods
Electric Railway System Granville T. Woods
Roller Coaster Granville T. Woods
Auto Air Brake Granville T. Woods


Best answer:

Answer by ♥ Mrs. Moore♥
Does Benjamin Banneker count?



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Thursday, May 9, 2013

what are 10 inventions made in 1660-1860? ?

Question by lisawagnerhfm: what are 10 inventions made in 1660-1860? ?



Best answer:

Answer by zakie a
1672: Steam car: Ferdinand Verbiest
1679: Pressure cooker: Denis Papin
1690: Polhem wheel: Christopher Polhem
1698: Steam engine: Thomas Savery
1700: Piano: Bartolomeo Cristofori
1701: Seed drill: Jethro Tull
1709: Iron smelting using coke: Abraham Darby I
1711: Tuning fork: John Shore
1712: Steam piston engine: Thomas Newcomen
1714: Mercury thermometer: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
1731: Octant: John Hadley, Thomas Godfrey
1733: Flying shuttle: John Kay
1737: Marine chronometer (H1): John Harrison
1742: Franklin stove: Benjamin Franklin
1750: Flatboat: Jacob Yoder
1752: Lightning rod: Benjamin Franklin
1759: Shampoo: Sake Dean Mahomet of Bengal
1764: Spinning jenny: James Hargreaves/Thomas Highs
1767: Carbonated water: Joseph Priestley
1769: Water frame: Richard Arkwright/Thomas Highs
1769: Steam road vehicle: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
1775: Submarine Turtle: David Bushnell
1776: Steamboat: Claude de Jouffroy
1776: Watt steam engine: James Watt
1777: Card teeth making machine: Oliver Evans
1777: Circular saw: Samuel Miller
1779: Spinning mule: Samuel Crompton
1780s: Iron-cased rocket: Tipu Sultan in India[226]
1780s: Metal-cylinder rocket artillery: Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan in India[227]
1780s: Iron rocket artillery: Tipu Sultan of India[226]
1783: Hot air balloon: Montgolfier brothers
1784: Bifocals: Benjamin Franklin
1784: Oil lamp: Aimé Argand[8]
1784: Shrapnel shell: Henry Shrapnel
1785: Power loom: Edmund Cartwright
1785: Automatic flour mill: Oliver Evans
1786: Threshing machine: Andrew Meikle
1791: Artificial teeth: Nicholas Dubois De Chemant
1798: Vaccination: Edward Jenner
1798: Lithography: Alois Senefelder
1801: Jacquard loom: Joseph Marie Jacquard
1802: Screw propeller steamboat Phoenix: John Stevens
1802: Gas stove: Zachäus Andreas Winzler
1804: Locomotive: Richard Trevithick
1805: Submarine Nautilus: Robert Fulton
1807: Steamboat Clermont: Robert Fulton
1808: Band saw: William Newberry
1809: Arc lamp: Humphry Davy
1814: Steam locomotive (Blücher):
1816: Miner's safety lamp: Humphry Davy
1816: Stirling engine: Robert Stirling
1816: Stethoscope: Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec
1817: Draisine or velocipede (two-wheeled): Karl Drais
1817: Kaleidoscope: David Brewster
1818: Bicycle: Karl Drais[8]
1821: Electric motor: Michael Faraday
1823: Electromagnet: William Sturgeon
1823: Lighter: Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
1824: Portland cement: William Aspdin
1826: Photography: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
1826: Internal combustion engine: Samuel Morey
1827: Friction match: John Walker
1829: Steam locomotive: George Stephenson[8]
1830: Thermostat: Andrew Ure[8]
1830: Stenotype on punched paper strip: Karl Drais
1831: Multiple coil magnet: Joseph Henry
1831: Magnetic acoustic telegraph: Joseph Henry (patented 1837)
1831: Reaper: Cyrus McCormick
1831: Electrical generator: Michael Faraday, Ányos Jedlik
1834: The Hansom cab is patented
1834: Louis Braille perfects his Braille system
1834: Refrigerator: Jacob Perkins
1834: Combine harvester: Hiram Moore
1835: Revolver: Samuel Colt
1835: Electromechanical Relay: Joseph Henry
1835: Incandescent light bulb: James Bowman Lindsay
1836: Sewing machine: Josef Madersberger
1837: US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport (February 25)
1837: Steel plow: John Deere
1837: Standard diving dress: Augustus Siebe
1837: Camera Zoom Lens: Jozef Maximilián Petzval
1837: Magnetic telegraph: Samuel Morse
1838: Electric telegraph: Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse)
1838: closed diving suit with a helmet: Augustus Siebe
1839: Vulcanization of rubber: Charles Goodyear
1840: Artificial fertilizer: Justus von Liebig
1841 saxophone:Adolphe Sax
1842: Superphosphate fertilizer: John Bennett Lawes
1842: Steam hammer: James Nasmyth
1842: Anaesthesia: Crawford Long
1843: Typewriter: Charles Thurber
1843: Fax machine: Alexander Bain[citation needed]
1843: Ice cream maker: Nancy Johnson
1843: Pile driver: James Nasmyth
1844: The safety match: Gustaf Erik Pasch
1845: Pneumatic tyre: Robert Thomson (inventor)
1846: Sewing machine: Elias Howe
1846: Rotary printing press: Richard M. Hoe
1849: Safety pin: Walter Hunt
1849: Francis turbine: James B. Francis
1849: Telephone: Antonio Meucci[citation needed]
1852: Airship: Henri Giffard
1852: Passenger elevator: Elisha Otis
1852: Gyroscope: Léon Foucault
1855: Bunsen burner: Peter Desaga
1855: Bessemer process: Henry Bessemer
1856: Celluloid: Alexander Parkes
1858: Undersea telegraph cable: Charles Wheatstone
1858: Mason jar: John L. Mason
1859: Oil drill: Edwin L. Drake
1859: Lead acid battery: Gaston Plante



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