Advances and discoveries in science and technology during 1901-1920

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    advances in science and technology

  • vaccum

    The motorized vacuum cleaner was invented by Hubert Cecil Booth of England in 1901
  • Radiowaves

    radiowaves were discovered as a source of communication
  • Air conditioner

    made to not for people use but so a Brooklyn printing plant owner happy. because the heat made the printing color off
  • Powdered Milk

    In 1904 a company in Bowmanville, Ontario began Canada’s first powdered milk production operation
  • Sonar

    Sonar
    American naval architect Lewis Nixon invented the first sonar-like listening device to detect icebergs. During World War I (1914-18), a need to detect submarines increased interest in sonar.
  • U.S army plane

    1st test of the first U.S army plane
    Flys for 1 hour and 12 mins.
  • Neon Lamp

    Neon Lamp
    Georges Claude displays his neon lamps to the public at the Paris Expo. Electric advertising is about to take a colorful turn, not to mention quite a few twists
  • Rocket

    Rocket
    The people who send us into space work at from NASA. Without Robert Goddard though, there would not be a NASA. His research on rocketry, not only sent the first modern rockets up to the clouds, but also pushed mankind into space. Goddard revolutionized rocketry. He created the liquid-fuel rocket, which was ridiculed at first because only solid-fuel rocket had been used until that time. For many years, his ingenuity was ignored in the U.S. Goddard himself earned over 200 patents, nearly all rela
  • Tank

    Tank
    The first tank, the British Mark I, was designed in 1915 and first saw combat at the Somme in September 1916
  • Band-Aid

    Band-Aid
    The Band-Aid was invented in 1920 by Thomas Anderson and Johnson & Johnson employee Earle Dickson for his wife Josephine, who frequently cut and burned herself while cooking