105 paper Ts'ai Lun Chinese
1250 magnifying glass Roger Bacon British
1447 movable type Johann Gutenberg German
1590 2-lens microscope Zacharias Janssen Dutch
1608 telescope Hans Lippershey Dutch
1709 piano Bartolomeo Cristofori Italian
1714 mercury thermoemter Gabriel D. Fahrenheit German
1780 bifocal lenses for glasses Benjamin Franklin American
1785 parachute Jean Pierre Blanchard French
1795 modern pencil Nicolas Jacques Conte French
1800 electric battery Alessandro Volta Italian
1807 steamboat Robert Fulton American
1819 stethoscope Rene T.M.H. Laennec French
1827 matches John Walker British
1829 steam locomotive George Stephenson British
1831 lawn mower Edwin Budding & John Ferrabee British
1834 refrigeration Jacob Perkins British
1837 telegraph Samuel F.B. Morse American
1842 anesthesia (ether) Crawford W. Long American
1845 rotary printing press Richard M. Hoe American
1846 sewing machine Elias Howe American
1851 cylinder (door) lock Linus Yale American
1852 elevator Elisha G. Otis American
1867 typewriter Christopher L. Sholes, Carlos Glidden & Samuel W. Soule American
1876 telephone Alexander G. Bell American
1877 microphone Emile Berliner American
1877 phonograph Thomas A. Edison American
1879 first practical electric light bulb Thomas A. Edison American
1885 bicycle James Starley British
1885 motorcycle Gottlieb Daimler German
1886 dishwasher Josephine Cochran American
1888 ballpoint pen John Loud American
1888 portable camera George Eastman American