by Anne Greene
Did you know about these nineteenth century inventions?
ANNE delights in writing about wounded heroes and gutsy heroines who fall in love. She writes historical and suspense novels. Her second novel, a Scottish historical, Masquerade Marriage, won numerous writing awards. The sequel Marriage By Arrangement released in February 2013. Anne’s a small-town girl who makes her home in McKinney, Texas.
Did you know about these nineteenth century inventions?
1804 – gas lighting
1814 – first steam locomotive
first plastic surgery
first
photograph
1819 – first soda fountain
first
stethoscope
1827 – modern match
1829 – first typewriter
1830 – first sewing machine
1834 – early refrigerator, an ether ice machine
1836 – first revolver, Samuel Colt
1837 – first telegraph
first
postage stamp
1838 – Morse code by Samuel Morse
1839 – first bicycle
1846 – first anesthesia for tooth extraction
1849 – first safety pin
1850 – first dishwasher
1856 – pasteurization
1857 – first Pullman Sleeping Car for trains
1858 – first rotary washing machine
1862 – Gatling patents first machine gun
first dynamite
first tin
can with a can opener
first traffic light
1872 – first mail-order catalog
1876 – first telephone
1876 – first telephone
first phonograph
first fire truck
1878 – long lasting light bulb
1880 – toilet paper
1881 – roll film for cameras
first
cash register
1885 – first internal-combustion automobile
first
gas-engined motorcycle
1886 – first Coca Cola
1887 – radar
- first
contact lenses
- first gramophone
1893 – first zipper
1895 – first picture show
1898 – first roller coaster
1899 – first motor-driven vacuum cleaner
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ANNE delights in writing about wounded heroes and gutsy heroines who fall in love. She writes historical and suspense novels. Her second novel, a Scottish historical, Masquerade Marriage, won numerous writing awards. The sequel Marriage By Arrangement released in February 2013. Anne’s a small-town girl who makes her home in McKinney, Texas.
Love this post! I'm always fascinated by the "technology" back in the day and how all these great inventions came about. And surprising many of them have advanced or have become obsolete! Thanks for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteIf I can go back, I would like to go back to the Regency England period just because I love that period in literature, but in terms of technology, I'm intrigued by the turn of the century, late 1880s sounds good.
Annie
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This is so fascinating didn't know all that. Thank you. I would go back to Paul Revere's time 1776- He is my 10th Great Grandfather.
ReplyDeleteI would want to enjoy the1950's with great music, neighborhoods and family values. Sm wileygreen1(at)yahoo(dot)com
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