Mechanical Inventions

No. Year Invention  Inventor Country 01 1285 Spectacles (Curved glass) Salvino Armado Italy 02 1450 Printing Press Caxton Germany 03 1500 Watch (Main Spring) Peter Henlein Germany 04 1590 Microscope Z.Jansen Netherlands 05 1609 Telescope Galiles Italy 06 1643 Barometer E.Torricelli Italy 07 1650 Air Pump Von Guerick Germany 08 1656 Clock,Pendulum G.Huygens Netherlands 09 1700 Blast furnace Abraham,Darby United Kingdom 10 1714 Thermometer,Mercuric G.D.Fahrenheit Germany 11 1765 Steam Engine James Watt Scotland 12 1767 Spinning Jenny J.Hargreaves England 13 1780 Watch (Self winding) Lewis Recordon England 14 1783 Baloon Montgolfier Bros. France 15 1785 Parachute F.Blanchard France 16 1793 Cotton Gin Eli Whitney U.S.A. 17 1794 Ball-Bearing Vanghan Britain 18 1801 Locomotive,Steam R.Trevithick England 19 1803 Steamboat Robert Fulton U.S.A. 20 1816 Safety Lamp Sir H.Davy England 21 1819 Stethoscope Laennec France 22 1825 Railroad (Steam) G.Stephenson England 23 1825 Electro-Magnet W.Sturgeon England 24 1826 Camera (Photographic) Joseph Nippce France 25 1827 Match Friction John Walker England 26 1831 Electric Generator Michael Faraday England 27 1832 Telegraph Samuel Morse U.S.A. 28 1834 Refrigeration,Mechanical Parkins U.S.A. 29 1834 Reaper C.McCormick U.S.A. 30 1835 Revolver Colt U.S.A. 31 1837 Photography,Black & White Louis Daguerre France 32 1837 Kalidoscope David Brewster England 33 1839 Rubber,Vulcanized G.Goodyear U.S.A. 34 1842 Bicycle Macmillan Scotland 35 1845 Cinemascope Aspdin England 36 1849 Safety Pin Walter Hunt U.S.A. 37 1852 Gyroscope L.Foucalt France 38 1855 Stove (gas) Robert Bunsen Germany 39 1856 Converter Sir H.Bessemer England 40 1857 Elevator,Passenger E.G.Otis U.S.A. 41 1859 Spectroscope Bunsen Germany 42 1860 Dynamo Picinotti Italy 43 1861 Machine Gun R.J.Gatting U.S.A. 44 1866 Torpedo Whitehead England 45 1866 Dynamite Alfred Nobel Sweden 46 1866 Sewing Machine Elias Howe U.S.A. 47 1868 Typewriter C.Sholes U.S.A. 48 1868 Air-Brake for railroads G.Westinghouse U.S.A. 49 1869 Plastic (Celluloid) John W.Hyatt U.S.A. 50 1870 Celluloid John W.Hyatt U.S.A. 51 1876 Telephone A.Graham Bell U.S.A. 52 1876 Gas Engine Nikolaus Otto Germany 53 1876 Cash Register James Ritty U.S.A. 54 1877 Phonograph T.A. Edison U.S.A. 55 1877 Microphone Berliner U.S.A. 56 1879 Incandescent Lamp T.A. Edison U.S.A. 57 1879 Electric Lamp T.A. Edison U.S.A. 58 1879 Curburretor G.Daimler Germany 59 1883 Rayon Swan england 60 1884 Fountain Pen L.E.Waterman U.S.A. 61 1885 Motor Cycle G.Daimler Germany 62 1885 Automobile Karl Benz Germany 63 1885 Linotype O.Mergenthaler U.S.A. 64 1885 Internal Combustion Engine G.Daimler Germany 65 1885 Adding Machine Burroughs U.S.A. 66 1886 Electric Fan Schuyler S.Wheeler U.S.A. 67 1887 Gramophone Berliner U.S.A. 68 1888 Pneumatic Tyre Dunlop North ireland 69 1888 Kodak George Eastman U.S.A. 70 1891 Zipper W.L.Judson U.S.A. 71 1891 Photography,Colour Lippman France 72 1892 Thermos Flask J.Dewar England 73 1892 Electric Motor A.C. Nicola Tesla U.S.A. 74 1893 Projector T.A.Edison U.S.A. 75 1893 Coke oven Hoffman Austria 76 1893 Addressograph J.S.Duncan U.S.A. 77 1895 Slot Machine Charles Fey U.S.A. 78 1895 Radio G.Marconi Italy 79 1895 X-ray Machine W.K.Roentgen Germany 80 1895 Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel Germany 81 1900 Tractor Caterpillar B.Holt U.S.A. 82 1903 Aeroplane Wright Brothers U.S.A. 83 1905 Gyro Compass E.A.Sperry U.S.A. 84 1907 Vacuum Tube Lee de Forest U.S.A. 85 1907 Bakelite L.H.Backeland U.S.A. 86 1911 Hydroplane Glen Curtiss U.S.A. 87 1911 Airconditioning W.H.Carrier U.S.A. 88 1913 Stainless Steel Harry Brearley England 89 1914 Tank,Military E.Swinton England 90 1918 Rifle,automatic John M.Browning U.S.A. 91 1919 Motor Scooter Greville Bradshaw England 92 1923 Iconoscope Zworykin U.S.A. 93 1924 Loudspeaker Pin-Kellog U.S.A. 94 1925 Quick Freezing of Food Birdseye U.S.A. 95 1926 Television John L.Baird Scotland 96 1929 Rocket,Liquid Fuel R.H.Goddard U.S.A. 97 1895 Safety Razor Gillette U.S.A. 98 1930 Jet Propulsion Sir Frank Whittle England 99 1930 Ball Point Pen Hoze Ladislao Biro Argentina 100 1930 Computer (Analog) Vennevar Bush U.S.A. 101 1931 Cyclotron E.O.Lawrence U.S.A. 102 1931 Cement,Portland Henri Chretien France 103 1944 Computer (Digital) Howard Aiken U.S.A. 104 1947 Transistor Bardeen, Shockley, Brattain U.S.A. 105 1960 Laser T.H.Mainman U.S.A. 106 - Seismograph Robert Mallet - 107 - Hovercraft Cockrell - 108 - Submarine Bushnell - 109 - Radar R.W.Watt Britain 110 - Teleprinter Bandot and Halseke - 111 - Helicopter Brequet - 112 - Crescograph J.C.Bose India