Technology and Invention Stories
Inventions, patents, machines and networks: when they were built, who built them and what came next, with sources you can check.
1869
1869 · Technology
The Suez Canal Is Officially Opened
November 17, 18691868
1868 · Technology
London Installs Early Traffic Signals
December 10, 18681868
1868 · Technology
Sholes and collaborators receive a typewriter patent
June 23, 18681861
1861 · Technology
A Telegraph Line Connects the American Coasts
October 24, 18611840
1840 · Technology
Samuel Morse receives an electric telegraph patent
June 20, 18401829
1829 · Technology
Cyrill Demian receives a patent for an accordion
May 23, 18291825
1825 · Technology
The Erie Canal Opens a Water Route Across New York
October 26, 18251807
1807 · Technology
The Niépce brothers receive a patent for the Pyréolophore
July 20, 18071797
1797 · Technology
Garnerin Descends Over Paris by Parachute
October 22, 17971794
1794 · Technology
Eli Whitney receives a cotton gin patent
March 14, 17941783
1783 · Technology
The First Free Crewed Balloon Flight
November 21, 17831783
1783 · Technology