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1900 Fly swatter. A fly swatter is a hand-held device for swatting and killing flies and other insects. The first modern fly-destruction device was invented in 1900 by Robert R. Montgomery, an entrepreneur based in Decatur, Illinois. [75] On January 9, 1900, Montgomery was issued U.S. patent #640,790 for the "Fly-Killer". [76] 1900 Thumbtack
Jerome H. Lemelson (1923–1997), U.S. – inventions in the fields in which he patented make possible, wholly or in part, innovations like automated warehouses, industrial robots, cordless telephones, fax machines, videocassette recorders, camcorders, and the magnetic tape drive used in Sony's Walkman tape players.
1858: Invention of the phonautograph, the first true device for recording sound. 1863: First section of the London Underground opens. 1866: Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858. 1867: Alfred Nobel invents dynamite. 1869: First transcontinental railroad completed in United States on 10 May.
1900: The first Zeppelin is designed by Theodor Kober. 1901: The first motorized cleaner using suction, a powered "vacuum cleaner", is patented independently by Hubert Cecil Booth and David T. Kenney. [455] 1903: The first successful gas turbine is invented by Ægidius Elling. 1903: Édouard Bénédictus invents laminated glass.
[120] [121] As the first person to commercialize Pope's invention, Edwin Holmes acquired Pope's patent rights in 1857 for US$1,500. [122] 1853 Potato chips. Potato chips, also known as crisps in British English, are thin slices of potato that are deep fried or baked until crispy. Potato chips serve as an appetizer, side dish, or snack.
The 1800s (pronounced "eighteen-hundreds") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 1800, and ended on 31 December 1809. The term "eighteen-hundreds" could also mean the entire century from 1 January 1800 to 31 December 1899 (the years beginning with "18"), and is almost synonymous with the 19th century (1801–1900).
The following articles cover the timeline of United States inventions: Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890), before the turn of the century; Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945), before World War II; Timeline of United States inventions (1946–1991), during the Cold War
1800: Italian physicist Alessandro Volta invented the battery 1804: Thomas Young: Wave theory of light, Vision and color theory: 1808: Atomic theory by John Dalton: 1816: English inventor Francis Ronalds built the first working electric telegraph: 1820: Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted accidentally discovered that an electric field ...