Inventions From 1850-1900

[Chrysophylax]

So, Which of these inventions is the best? Sure, there are plenty of other amazing things that were invented around the same time, but these are some of the best ones!
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unfortunately, I don't know how to get the poll function to work....

Edited October 28, 2011 by Chrysophylax

[rachael]

pantaloons.

[Maximilianus]

gummi bears

[brandelynmarie]

X-rays were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen.


First known x-ray of his wife's hand.




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[Ed Normile]

Its a good thing you did not allow for inventions through the year 1916 as John Lloyd Wright's invention called Lincoln Logs would trump all those other lame inventions.

ed

[brandelynmarie]

Ooooo....Lincoln Logs. And Tinker Toys were invented in 1914. But if I had to vote for anything above, I would vote for denim pantaloons.

[Maximilianus]

The first petrol powered true automobile was invented in the late 1880's. Take your pick on who gets the credit. I'm going with Karl Friedrich Benz.

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='brandelynmarie' timestamp='1319860117' post='2328463']
First known x-ray of his wife's hand.
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And perhaps even more impressive, first known x-ray of anyone's hand. Or anyone's anything.

[brandelynmarie]

Edited October 31, 2011 by brandelynmarie

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[b] [size=4]As much as I love jeans and coke and chips and fairy floss (cotton candy), I think some of these things might be considered slightly more important....[/size][/b]



[b] 1850[/b]
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[*]Joel Houghton was granted the first patent for a [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldishwasher.htm"][color="#3366cc"]dishwasher[/color][/url].
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[b] 1851[/b]
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[*]Isaac Singer invents a [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/sewing_machine.htm"][color="#3366cc"]sewing machine[/color][/url].
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[b] 1852[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgyroscope.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Jean Bernard Léon Foucault[/color][/url] invents gyroscope.
[*]Henri Giffard builds an airship powered by the first aircraft engine - an unsuccessful design.
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[b] 1853[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blearlyflight.htm#cayley"][color="#3366cc"]George Cayley[/color][/url] invents a manned glider.
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[b] 1854[/b]
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[*]John Tyndall demonstrates the principles of [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa980407.htm"][color="#3366cc"]fiber optics[/color][/url].
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[b] 1855[/b]
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[*]Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine motor.
[*]Georges Audemars invents [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfabric.htm#swiss"][color="#3366cc"]rayon[/color][/url].
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[b] 1856[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpasteur.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Louis Pasteur[/color][/url] invents pasteurisation.
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[b] 1857[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventors/a/George_Pullman.htm"][color="#3366cc"]George Pullman[/color][/url] invents the Pullman Sleeping Car for train travel.
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[b] 1858[/b]
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[*]Hamilton Smith patents the rotary [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/washingmachines.htm"][color="#3366cc"]washing machine[/color][/url].
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsgasa.htm#lenoir"][color="#3366cc"]Jean Lenoir[/color][/url] invents an internal combustion engine.
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[b] 1861[/b]
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[*]Elisha Otis patents elevator safety brakes, creating a safer [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blelevator.htm"][color="#3366cc"]elevator[/color][/url].
[*]Pierre Michaux invents a bicycle.
[*]Linus Yale invents the Yale [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllock.htm"][color="#3366cc"]lock[/color][/url] or cylinder lock.
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[b] 1862[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventions/a/Gatling_Gun.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Richard Gatling[/color][/url] patents the machine gun.
[*]Alexander Parkes invents the first man-made [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/plastics.htm"][color="#3366cc"]plastic[/color][/url].
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[b] 1866[/b]
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[*]Alfred Nobel invents [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/dstartinventions/a/Alfred_Nobel.htm"][color="#3366cc"]dynamite[/color][/url].
[*]J. Osterhoudt patents the [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/tin_can.htm"][color="#3366cc"]tin can[/color][/url] with a key opener.
[*]Englishmen Robert Whitehead invents a torpedo.
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[b] 1867[/b]
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[*]Christopher Scholes invents the first practical and modern [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltypewriter.htm"][color="#3366cc"]typewriter[/color][/url].
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[b] 1868[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwestinghouse.htm"][color="#3366cc"]George Westinghouse[/color][/url] invents air brakes.
[*]Robert Mushet invents tungsten steel.
[*]J P Knight invents traffic lights.
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[b] 1872[/b]
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[*]J.S. Risdon patents the metal windmill.
[*]A.M. Ward issues the first mail-order catalog.
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[b] 1873[/b]
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[*]Joseph Glidden invents [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventions/a/BarbedWire.htm"][color="#3366cc"]barbed wire[/color][/url].
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[b] 1874[/b]
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[*]American, C. Goodyear, Jr. invents the shoe welt stitcher.
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[b] 1876[/b]
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[*]Alexander Graham Bell patents the [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm"][color="#3366cc"]telephone[/color][/url].
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blotto.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Nicolaus August Otto[/color][/url] invents the first practical four-stroke internal combustion engine.
[*]Melville Bissell patents the [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvacuum.htm#carpetsweeper"][color="#3366cc"]carpet sweeper[/color][/url].
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[b] 1877[/b]
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[*]Thomas Edison invents the [url="chttp://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledisondiscphpgraph.htm"][color="#3366cc"]ylinder phonograph[/color][/url] or tin foil phonograph.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventors/a/Muybridge.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Eadweard Muybridge[/color][/url] invents the first moving pictures.
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[b] 1878[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blswan.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Sir Joseph Wilson Swan[/color][/url] was the first person to invent a practical and longer-lasting electic lightbulb.
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[b] 1880[/b]
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[*]The British Perforated Paper Company invents a form of [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/Plumbing_3.htm"][color="#3366cc"]toilet paper[/color][/url].
[*]Englishmen, [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljohnmilne.htm"][color="#3366cc"]John Milne[/color][/url] invents the modern seismograph.
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[b] 1881[/b]
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[*]Alexander Graham Bell invents the first crude [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/Metal_Detector.htm"][color="#3366cc"]metal detector[/color][/url].
[*]David Houston patents the roll film for cameras.
[*]Edward Leveaux patents the automatic player piano.
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[b] 1884[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventors/ss/George_Eastman.htm"][color="#3366cc"]George Eastman[/color][/url] patents paper-strip photographic film.
[*]Frenchmen, H. de Chardonnet invents rayon.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwaterman.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Lewis Edson Waterman[/color][/url] invents the first practical fountain pen.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcash_register.htm"][color="#3366cc"]James Ritty[/color][/url] invents the first working, mechanical cash register.
[*]Charles Parson patents the steam turbine.
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[b] 1885[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/od/militaryhistoryinventions/a/firearms.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Harim Maxim[/color][/url] invents the machine gun.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbenz.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Karl Benz[/color][/url] invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldaimler.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Gottlieb Daimler[/color][/url] invents the first gas-engined motorcycle.
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[b] 1886[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldishwasher.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Josephine Cochrane[/color][/url] invents the dishwasher.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldaimler.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Gottlieb Daimler[/color][/url] builds the world's first four-wheeled motor vehicle.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/coca_cola.htm"][color="#3366cc"]John Pemberton[/color][/url] invents Coca Cola.
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[b] 1887[/b]
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[*]German, [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blradar.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Heinrich Hertz[/color][/url] invents radar.
[*]Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventions/a/gramophone.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Emile Berliner[/color][/url] invents the gramophone.
[*]F.E. Muller and Adolph Fick invent the first wearable [url="http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventions/a/glass_4.htm"][color="#3366cc"]contact lenses[/color][/url].
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[b] 1888[/b]
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[*]Marvin Stone patents the spiral winding process to manufacture the first paper [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blstraws.htm"][color="#3366cc"]drinking straws[/color][/url].
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltires.htm#tyre"][color="#3366cc"]John Boyd Dunlop[/color][/url] patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Nikola_Tesla.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Nikola Tesla[/color][/url] invents the AC motor and transformer.
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[b] 1889[/b]
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[*]Joshua Pusey invents the [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmatch.htm"][color="#3366cc"]matchbook[/color][/url].
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blthermos.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Sir James Dewar[/color][/url] and Sir Frederick Abel co-invent Cordite - a type of smokeless gunpowder.
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[b] 1891[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blescalator.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Jesse W. Reno[/color][/url] invents the escalator.
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[b] 1892[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldiesel.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Rudolf Diesel[/color][/url] invents the diesel-fueled internal combustion engine.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blthermos.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Sir James Dewar[/color][/url] invents the Dewar flask or vacuum flask.
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[b] 1893[/b]
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[*]American, [url="http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa082497.htm"][color="#3366cc"]W.L. Judson[/color][/url] invents the zipper.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blacheson.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Edward Goodrich Acheson[/color][/url] invents carborundum.
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[b] 1895[/b]
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[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Lumiere Brothers[/color][/url] invent a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe. Lumiere Brothers using their Cinematographe are the first to present a projected motion picture to an audience of more that one person.
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[b] 1896[/b]
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[*]American, H. O'Sullivan invents the rubber heel.
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[b] 1898[/b]
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[*]Edwin Prescott patents the roller coaster.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldiesel.htm"][color="#3366cc"]Rudolf Diesel[/color][/url] receives patent #608,845 for an "internal combustion engine" the Diesel engine.
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[b] 1899[/b]
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[*]I.R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame.
[*][url="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvacuum.htm"][color="#3366cc"]John Thurman[/color][/url] patents the motor-driven vacuum cleaner
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[rachael]

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