The Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, was a phase of the larger Industrial Revolution corresponding to the latter half of the 19th century until World War I. It is considered to have begun around the time of the introduction of Bessemer steel in the 1860s and culminated in early factory electrification, mass production and the production line.
It followed on from the First Industrial Revolution that began in Britain in the late 18th century that then spread throughout Western Europe and North America.
It followed on from the First Industrial Revolution that began in Britain in the late 18th century that then spread throughout Western Europe and North America.
1866
● Alfred Noble invents Dynamite
● J. Osteroudt patents the tin can with a key opener
● Robert Whitehead invents a torpedo
1868
● George Westinghouse invents air brakes
● Robert Mushet invents tungsten steel
● J P Knights invents traffic lights
● Christopher Sholes invents Sholes typewriter with a QWERTY keyboard
1872
● J.S Ridson patents the metal windmill
● A.M Ward issues the first mail-order catalog
1873
● Joseph Glidden invents barbed wire
1874
● C. Goodyear invents the shoe welt sticker
1876
● Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone
● Nicholos Augustus Otto invents the first practical four-stroke internal combustion engine
1877
● Thomas Eddison invents the cylinder photograph or tin foil photograph
● Eadward Muybridge invents the first moving picture
1878
● Sir Jospeh Wilson Swan was the first to invent a practical long lasting electric light bulb
1880
● The British Perforated Paper Company invents a form of toilet paper
● John Milne invents the modern seismograph
● Alexandor Graham Bell invents the first crude metal detector
● David Houston patents the roll film for cameras
1884
● George Eastman patents paper strip photographic film
● H. de Chardonnet invents rayon
● Lewis Edson Waterman invents the first practical fountain pen
● James Ritty invents the first working cash register
● Charles Parson patents the steam turbine
● William Lebaron Jenney invents skyscraper
1885
● Harim Maxim invents the machine gun
● Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile with an internal combustion engine
● Gottlieb Daimler invents the first gas engined motorcycle
1886
● Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher
● Gottlieb Daimler builds the world’s first four-wheeled motor vehicle
● John Pemberton invents Coca Cola
1887
● Heinrich Hertz invents radar
● Emile Berliner invents the gramophone
● F.E Muller and Adolph Fick invent the first wearable contact lense
1888
● Marvin Stone patents the spiral winding process to manufacture the paper drinking straws
● John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire
● Nikola Tesla invents the AC motor and transformer
1889
● Joshua Pusey invents the matchbook
● Sir James Dewar and Sir Fredrick Abel co-invent Cordite- a type of smokeless gun powder
1891
● Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator
● Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile with an internal combustion engine
● Gottlieb Daimler invents the first gas engined motorcycle
1886
● Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher
● Gottlieb Daimler builds the world’s first four-wheeled motor vehicle
● John Pemberton invents Coca Cola
1887
● Heinrich Hertz invents radar
● Emile Berliner invents the gramophone
● F.E Muller and Adolph Fick invent the first wearable contact lense
1888
● Marvin Stone patents the spiral winding process to manufacture the paper drinking straws
● John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire
● Nikola Tesla invents the AC motor and transformer
1889
● Joshua Pusey invents the matchbook
● Sir James Dewar and Sir Fredrick Abel co-invent Cordite- a type of smokeless gun powder
1891
● Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator
1892
● Rudolf Diesel invents the diesel fueled internal combustion engine
● Sir James Dewar invents the Dewar flask or vaccum flask
1893
● W.L Judson invents the zipper
● Edward Goodrich Acheson invents carborundum
1895
● Lumiere Brothers invent portable motion picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe
1896
● H. O'Sullivan invents the rubber heel
1988
● Edwin Prescott patents the roller coaster
● Rudolf Diesel receives patent #608845 for the “internal combustion engine” the Diesel engine
1899
● I.R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
● John Thurman patents the motor driven vacuum cleaner
1900
● The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
● Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reno’s escalator and invented the modern escalator
1901
● The first radio received a radio transmission
● Hubert Booth invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner
1902
● George Claude invented neon lights
1903
● Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invented crayons
● The Wright brothers invented the gas motored and manned airplane
● William Coolidge invents ductile tungsten used in light
1905
● Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity
1910
● Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture
● George Claude displayed the first neon lamp to the public in Paris
1911
● Charles Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system
1916
● Radio tuners invented
● Stainless steel invented by Henry Brearly
● Alfred Noble invents Dynamite
● J. Osteroudt patents the tin can with a key opener
● Robert Whitehead invents a torpedo
1868
● George Westinghouse invents air brakes
● Robert Mushet invents tungsten steel
● J P Knights invents traffic lights
● Christopher Sholes invents Sholes typewriter with a QWERTY keyboard
1872
● J.S Ridson patents the metal windmill
● A.M Ward issues the first mail-order catalog
1873
● Joseph Glidden invents barbed wire
1874
● C. Goodyear invents the shoe welt sticker
1876
● Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone
● Nicholos Augustus Otto invents the first practical four-stroke internal combustion engine
1877
● Thomas Eddison invents the cylinder photograph or tin foil photograph
● Eadward Muybridge invents the first moving picture
1878
● Sir Jospeh Wilson Swan was the first to invent a practical long lasting electric light bulb
1880
● The British Perforated Paper Company invents a form of toilet paper
● John Milne invents the modern seismograph
● Alexandor Graham Bell invents the first crude metal detector
● David Houston patents the roll film for cameras
1884
● George Eastman patents paper strip photographic film
● H. de Chardonnet invents rayon
● Lewis Edson Waterman invents the first practical fountain pen
● James Ritty invents the first working cash register
● Charles Parson patents the steam turbine
● William Lebaron Jenney invents skyscraper
1885
● Harim Maxim invents the machine gun
● Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile with an internal combustion engine
● Gottlieb Daimler invents the first gas engined motorcycle
1886
● Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher
● Gottlieb Daimler builds the world’s first four-wheeled motor vehicle
● John Pemberton invents Coca Cola
1887
● Heinrich Hertz invents radar
● Emile Berliner invents the gramophone
● F.E Muller and Adolph Fick invent the first wearable contact lense
1888
● Marvin Stone patents the spiral winding process to manufacture the paper drinking straws
● John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire
● Nikola Tesla invents the AC motor and transformer
1889
● Joshua Pusey invents the matchbook
● Sir James Dewar and Sir Fredrick Abel co-invent Cordite- a type of smokeless gun powder
1891
● Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator
● Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile with an internal combustion engine
● Gottlieb Daimler invents the first gas engined motorcycle
1886
● Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher
● Gottlieb Daimler builds the world’s first four-wheeled motor vehicle
● John Pemberton invents Coca Cola
1887
● Heinrich Hertz invents radar
● Emile Berliner invents the gramophone
● F.E Muller and Adolph Fick invent the first wearable contact lense
1888
● Marvin Stone patents the spiral winding process to manufacture the paper drinking straws
● John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire
● Nikola Tesla invents the AC motor and transformer
1889
● Joshua Pusey invents the matchbook
● Sir James Dewar and Sir Fredrick Abel co-invent Cordite- a type of smokeless gun powder
1891
● Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator
1892
● Rudolf Diesel invents the diesel fueled internal combustion engine
● Sir James Dewar invents the Dewar flask or vaccum flask
1893
● W.L Judson invents the zipper
● Edward Goodrich Acheson invents carborundum
1895
● Lumiere Brothers invent portable motion picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe
1896
● H. O'Sullivan invents the rubber heel
1988
● Edwin Prescott patents the roller coaster
● Rudolf Diesel receives patent #608845 for the “internal combustion engine” the Diesel engine
1899
● I.R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
● John Thurman patents the motor driven vacuum cleaner
1900
● The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
● Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reno’s escalator and invented the modern escalator
1901
● The first radio received a radio transmission
● Hubert Booth invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner
1902
● George Claude invented neon lights
1903
● Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invented crayons
● The Wright brothers invented the gas motored and manned airplane
● William Coolidge invents ductile tungsten used in light
1905
● Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity
1910
● Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture
● George Claude displayed the first neon lamp to the public in Paris
1911
● Charles Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system
1916
● Radio tuners invented
● Stainless steel invented by Henry Brearly
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