Full List of Inventions of the 19th Century

1812: Experimental Locomotive, Fenton et al. (England)

1816: Miner's Safety Lamp, Davy (England)


1816: Photography, Niepce (France) see 1835


1817: Kaleidoscope, Brewster (Scotland)


1818: Harvester-thresher, Lane (USA)


1819: Stethoscope, Laennec (France) see 1840
1820: Galvanometer, Sweigger (Germany)

1822: Mowing Machine, Bailey (USA)

1824: Electromagnet, Sturgeon (England)

1824: Portland Cement, Aspdin (England)

1827: Friction Match, John Walker (England)

1829: Practical Locomotive, Stephenson (England)

1829: Braille Printing, Braille (France)
1830: First US Locomotive, P. Cooper (USA)

1833: Calculating Machine (mechanical computer), Babbage (England)

1834: Reaper, McCormick (USA)

1835: Photographic Paper, Talbot (England)

1835: Photography, Talbot (England)

1835: Photography, Daguerre (France) see 1816

1836: Revolver Pistol, Colt (USA)

1837: DC Motor, Davenport (USA)

1837: Magnetic Telegraph, Morse (USA)

1837: Screw Propellor, Ericsson (Sweden)

1838: Stereoscope, Wheatstone (England)

1839: Vulcanized Rubber, Goodyear (USA)

1839: Babbitt Metal, Babbitt (USA)
1840: Binaural Stethoscope, Cammann (USA) see 1819

1843: Mercerized Textiles, J. Mercer (England)

1845: Turret Lathe, Fitch (USA)

1845: Rotary Printing Press, Hoe (USA)

1845: Double-tube Tire, Thomson (Scotland)

1846: Sewing Machine, Howe (USA)

1846: Coal-Gas 4-cycle Engine, Otto (Germany)

1847: Guncotton, Schoenbein (Germany)

1847: Arc Light, Staite (England)

1849: Safety Pin, Hunt (USA)

1849: Gas Turbine, Bourdin (France)

1849: Hydraulic Turbine, Francis (USA)

1851: Ice-making Machine, Gorrie (USA)

1851: Cylinder Lock, Yale (USA)

1851: Ophthalmoscope, Helmholtz (Germany)

1852: Airship, Giffard (France)

1852: Gyroscope, Foucault (France)

1852: Elevator Brake, Otis (USA)

1852: Half-tone Engraving, Talbot (USA)

1853: Glider, Cayley (England)

1855: Gas Burner, Bunsen (Germany)

1856: Steel Converter, Bessemer (England)

1858: Steelmaking Furnace, Siemens (Germany)

1858: Mason Jar, J. Mason (USA)

1859: Spectroscope, Kirchoff & Bunsen (Germany)

1859: Rechargeable Storage Battery, Plante (France)
1860: Linoleum, Walton (England)

1860: Repeating Rifle, Spencer (USA)

1860: Shoe-sewing Machine, McKay (USA)

1861: Machine Gun, Gatling ((USA)

1861: Monitor Warship, Ericsson (USA)

1863: Player Piano, Forneaux (France)

1864: Experimental Automobile, Marcus (Austria)

1864: Quadruplex Telegraph, Edison (USA)

1865: Web Printing Press, Bullock (USA)

1865: Sleeping-Car, Pullman (USA)

1865: Pneumatic Tool, Law (England)

1866: Dynamite, Nobel (Sweden)

1867: Railway Block Signals, Hall (USA)

1867: Typewriter, Sholes, Soule, Glidden (USA)

1868: Air Brake, Westinghouse (USA)

1868: Refrigerator Car, David (USA)

1869: Oleomargarine, Mege-Mouries (France)
1870: Celluloid, Hyatt (USA)

1870: Stock Ticker, Edison (USA)

1871: Compressed Air Rock Drill, Ingersoll (USA)

1871: Continuous Current Dynamo, Gramme (Belgium)

1872: Gasoline Engine, Brayton (USA)

1872: Improved Machine Gun, Hotchkiss (USA) see Gatling 1861

1873: Car Coupler, Janney (USA)

1874: Barbed Wire, Glidden (USA)

1875: Magazine Gun, Hotchkiss (USA)

1876: Telephone, Edison (USA)

1876: Carpet Sweeper, Bissell (USA)

1877: Microphone, Berliner (USA)

1877: Phonograph, Edison (USA)

1877: Electric Welding, Thomson (USA)

1878: Cathode Ray Tube, Crookes (England)

1878: Cream Separator, DeLaval (Sweden)

1878: Disc Cultivator, Mallon (USA)

1878: Cystoscope, Nitze (Germany)

1879: Cash Register, Ritty (USA)

1879: Incandescent Lamp, Edison (USA)

1879: Saccharin, Remsen & Fahlberg (USA)
1880: Photophone, Bell (Scotland/USA)

1882: Electric Fan, Wheeler (USA)

1882: Electric Flatiron, Seely (USA)

1883: Compression Ignition Engine, Daimler (Germany)

1883: Electric Ignition Engine, Benz (Germany)

1883: Maxim Gun, H.S. Maxim (USA/England)

1884: Linotype, Mergenthaler (USA)

1884: Fountain Pen, Waterman (USA)

1884: Transparent Photo Film, Eastman & Goodman (USA)

1884: Smokeless Powder, Vieille (France)

1884: Rayon (Nitrocellulose), Chardonnet (France)

1884: Steam Turbine, Parsons (England)

1884: Manganese Steel, Hadfield (England)

1884: AC Transformer, Stanley (USA)

1884: Electric Trolley Car, Van DePoele (USA)

1885: Adding Machine, Burroughs (USA)

1885: Modern Bicycle, Starley (England)

1885: Motorcycle, Daimler (Germany)

1885: Gas Mantle, Welsbach (Austria)

1887: Comptometer, Felt (USA)

1887: Monotype, Lanston (USA)

1887: Induction Motor, Tesla (USA)

1887: Record Cylinder, Bell & Tainter (USA)

1887: Disc Record, Berliner (USA)

1887: Railroad Telegraph, Wood (USA)

1887: Electric Trolley Car, Sprague (USA)

1888: Kodak Camera, Eastman & Walker (USA)

1888: Induction Meter, Shallenberg (USA)

1888: Wax Cylinder Record, Edison (USA)

1888: Pneumatic Tire, Dunlop (Scotland)

1889: Gasoline Engine, Daimler (Germany) [see 1872: Brayton]

1889: Gasoline Automobile, Daimler (Germany)

1889: Kinetoscope, Edison (USA)

1889: Punchcard Accounting, Hollerith (USA)

1890: Time Recorder, Bundy (USA)

1890: Rayon (Cuproammonium), Despeissis (France)

1890: Tuberculin, Koch (Germany)

1891: Zipper, W. L. Judson (USA)

1891: Oil Cracking Process, Dewar (USA)

1891: Oil Cracking Furnace, Gavrilov (Russia)

1891: Steel Alloy, Harvey (USA)

1891: Submarine, Holland (USA)

1891: Automatic Telephone, Stowger (USA)

1891: Diphtheria Antitoxin, Von Behring (Germany)

1892: Color Photograph, Ives (USA)

1892: Electric Automobile, Morrison (USA)

1892: Gasoline Automobile, Duryea (USA)

1892: AC Motor, Tesla (USA)

1892: Canned Pineapple

1893: Gasoline Carburetor, Maybach (Germany)

1893: Coke Oven, Hoffman (Austria)

1893: Celluloid Photographic Film, Reichenbach (USA)

1894: Movie Machine, Jenkins (USA)

1894: Card Time Recorder, Cooper (USA)

1894: Even Keel Submarine, Lake (USA)

1895: Signals by Radio, Marconi (Italy)

1895: Wireless High Frequency Telegraph, Marconi (Italy)

1895: Diesel Engine, Diesel (Germany)

1895: Safety Razor, King C. Gillette (USA)

1895: Rayon (Acetate), Cross (England)

1895: Bottle Machine, Owens, (USA)

1895: Photoelectric Cell, Elster (Germany)

1895: First professional American Football game

1895: First U. S. Open Golf championship

1896: Experimental Airplane, Langley (USA)

1896: Disc Plow, Hardy (USA)

1896: Synthetic Camphor, Haller (France)

1896: First Modern Olympics (Athens)

1897: Automobile Magneto, Bosch (Germany)

1897: Automobile Muffler, H. P. Maxim (USA)

1897: Cathode Ray Oscilloscope, Braun (Germany)

1897: Browning Gun, Browning (USA)

1897: Argyrol, Bayer (Germany)

1897: Zionist Congress, Basel, with Theodor Herzl & Max Nordau

1898: Recording Telephone, Poulsen (Denmark)

1898: Spinal Anaesthesia, Bier (Germany)

1898: Photographs taken using artificial illumination

1899: Wireless Telephone, Collins (USA)

1899: Magnetic Tape Recorder, Poulsen (Denmark)