Technology Through The Ages

Lead Pencil

1564

It was invented in 1564 when a huge graphite mine was discovered in Borrowdale. The inventor's name was Conrad Gessner. This invention led to us having the ability to write on a paper and the modern pencil.

Microscope

1609

In 1609 Galileo Galilei perfected the first device known as a microscope. The microscope solved many things in science as they noticed what cells where with the microscope, therefore without it there could possibly be no science.

Lightning Rod

1749

In 1749, Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod. They were also known as Lightning Attractor or Franklin Rod. His invention was a result of his investigations of electricity. He needed to figure out what he would use to attract an electrical charge.

Battery

1800

In 1800, Volta invented the first true battery, which came to be known as the voltaic pile. Batteries are essential components of most electrical devices, such as cars, laptops, and CD players.

Railroads

1804

in 1804, Richard Trevithick developed the first successful railroad steam locomotive. Since then the railroads have been an important use for trade routes and even transportations.

Steel Plow

1837

John Deere invented the steel plow in 1837 when the Middle-West was being settled. We now use the plow to turn and break up soil, to bury crop residues, and to help control weeds. Overall the plow is great for farming.

Telephone

1876

Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone in 1876. The phone led up to what we know as cell phones and a way to communicate with friends and family.

Light Bulb

Oct 14, 1879

invented in the traditional sense in 1879 by Thomas Alva Edison. The light bulb introduced the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

automobile

1885

Benz Patent Motor Car was the first automobile from 1885–1886 The first stationary gasoline engine developed by Carl Benz. Since then the automobile has been made into one of the greatest transportations.

Radio

1895

Guglielmo Marconi proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895. Since then the radio has helped out over many things like the news and listening to the football games.

First Programmable Computer

1936

The Z1 was created by German Konrad Zuse between 1936 and 1938. It's the first really functional modern computer and the first electro-mechanical binary programmable computer. This allowed for the British codebreakers to read encrypted German messages.

Satellite

1957

It was invented on 4 October 1957, and initiating the Soviet Sputnik program, with Sergei Korolev as chief designer. Satellites help us with many things such as the weather and navigation.