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