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The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly significant technological inventions and their inventors, where known. [ a ] The dates in this article make frequent use of the units mya and kya , which refer to millions and thousands of years ago, respectively.
The 24-year-old from Brooklyn was the first to use a new technology called digitalization to capture images. Four decades later, we carry his invention in our pockets on our phones. Courtesy of ...
As an example of its accuracy, 18th century scientist Guillaume Le Gentil, during a visit to Pondicherry, India, found the Indian computations (based on Aryabhata's computational paradigm) of the duration of the lunar eclipse of 30 August 1765 to be short by 41 seconds, whereas his charts (by Tobias Mayer, 1752) were long by 68 seconds. [89]
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
Toyota Prius first mass-produced full hybrid car. 1997 – Nissan R'nessa, first short-run production lithium-ion battery electric car. 1998 – First ion-propulsion spacecraft Deep Space 1 launched. 1998 – Honda Raccoon Compo, first folding electric bicycle in Japan. [49] 1999 – Trikke (wiggle scooter) invented.
Image credits: Sasha Weilbaker #3 Wetsuits. Unlike whales, beavers don’t have layers of blubber to keep them warm when they dive into chilly water. Instead, their thick fur traps air among the ...
A year later, this method is introduced in the United States. The car radio top model "Mexico" from Becker for the first time to an FM area (in mono) and an automatic tuning. 1954 RCA developed for the first apparatus for recording video signals on magnetic tapes. 22 km magnetic tape are needed per hour.
Engineers during World War Two test a model of a Halifax bomber in a wind tunnel, an invention that dates back to 1871.. The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including the predecessor states before the Treaty of Union in 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland.