Mechanical Inventions: No.YearInventionInventorCountry 011285Spectacles (Curved glass)Salvino ArmadoItaly 021450Printing PressCaxtonGermany 031500Watch (Main Spring)Peter HenleinGermany 041590MicroscopeZ.JansenNetherlands 051609TelescopeGalilesItaly 061643BarometerE.TorricelliItaly 071650Air PumpVon GuerickGermany 081656Clock,PendulumG.HuygensNetherlands 091700Blast furnaceAbraham,DarbyUnited Kingdom 101714Thermometer,MercuricG.D.FahrenheitGermany 111765Steam EngineJames WattScotland 121767Spinning JennyJ.HargreavesEngland 131780Watch (Self winding)Lewis RecordonEngland 141783BaloonMontgolfier Bros.France 151785ParachuteF.BlanchardFrance 161793Cotton GinEli WhitneyU.S.A. 171794Ball-BearingVanghanBritain 181801Locomotive,SteamR.TrevithickEngland 191803SteamboatRobert FultonU.S.A. 201816Safety LampSir H.DavyEngland 211819StethoscopeLaennecFrance 221825Railroad (Steam)G.StephensonEngland 231825Electro-MagnetW.SturgeonEngland 241826Camera (Photographic)Joseph NippceFrance 251827Match FrictionJohn WalkerEngland 261831Electric GeneratorMichael FaradayEngland 271832TelegraphSamuel MorseU.S.A. 281834Refrigeration,MechanicalParkinsU.S.A. 291834ReaperC.McCormickU.S.A. 301835RevolverColtU.S.A. 311837Photography,Black & WhiteLouis DaguerreFrance 321837KalidoscopeDavid BrewsterEngland 331839Rubber,VulcanizedG.GoodyearU.S.A. 341842BicycleMacmillanScotland 351845CinemascopeAspdinEngland 361849Safety PinWalter HuntU.S.A. 371852GyroscopeL.FoucaltFrance 381855Stove (gas)Robert BunsenGermany 391856ConverterSir H.BessemerEngland 401857Elevator,PassengerE.G.OtisU.S.A. 411859SpectroscopeBunsenGermany 421860DynamoPicinottiItaly 431861Machine GunR.J.GattingU.S.A. 441866TorpedoWhiteheadEngland 451866DynamiteAlfred NobelSweden 461866Sewing MachineElias HoweU.S.A. 471868TypewriterC.SholesU.S.A. 481868Air-Brake for railroadsG.WestinghouseU.S.A. 491869Plastic (Celluloid)John W.HyattU.S.A. 501870CelluloidJohn W.HyattU.S.A. 511876TelephoneA.Graham BellU.S.A. 521876Gas EngineNikolaus OttoGermany 531876Cash RegisterJames RittyU.S.A. 541877PhonographT.A. EdisonU.S.A. 551877MicrophoneBerlinerU.S.A. 561879Incandescent LampT.A. EdisonU.S.A. 571879Electric LampT.A. EdisonU.S.A. 581879CurburretorG.DaimlerGermany 591883RayonSwanengland 601884Fountain PenL.E.WatermanU.S.A. 611885Motor CycleG.DaimlerGermany 621885AutomobileKarl BenzGermany 631885LinotypeO.MergenthalerU.S.A. 641885Internal Combustion EngineG.DaimlerGermany 651885Adding MachineBurroughsU.S.A. 661886Electric FanSchuyler S.WheelerU.S.A. 671887GramophoneBerlinerU.S.A. 681888Pneumatic TyreDunlopNorth ireland 691888KodakGeorge EastmanU.S.A. 701891ZipperW.L.JudsonU.S.A. 711891Photography,ColourLippmanFrance 721892Thermos FlaskJ.DewarEngland 731892Electric Motor A.C.Nicola TeslaU.S.A. 741893ProjectorT.A.EdisonU.S.A. 751893Coke ovenHoffmanAustria 761893AddressographJ.S.DuncanU.S.A. 771895Slot MachineCharles FeyU.S.A. 781895RadioG.MarconiItaly 791895X-ray MachineW.K.RoentgenGermany 801895Diesel EngineRudolf DieselGermany 811900Tractor CaterpillarB.HoltU.S.A. 821903AeroplaneWright BrothersU.S.A. 831905Gyro CompassE.A.SperryU.S.A. 841907Vacuum TubeLee de ForestU.S.A. 851907BakeliteL.H.BackelandU.S.A. 861911HydroplaneGlen CurtissU.S.A. 871911AirconditioningW.H.CarrierU.S.A. 881913Stainless SteelHarry BrearleyEngland 891914Tank,MilitaryE.SwintonEngland 901918Rifle,automaticJohn M.BrowningU.S.A. 911919Motor ScooterGreville BradshawEngland 921923IconoscopeZworykinU.S.A. 931924LoudspeakerPin-KellogU.S.A. 941925Quick Freezing of FoodBirdseyeU.S.A. 951926TelevisionJohn L.BairdScotland 961929Rocket,Liquid FuelR.H.GoddardU.S.A. 971895Safety RazorGilletteU.S.A. 981930Jet PropulsionSir Frank WhittleEngland 991930Ball Point PenHoze Ladislao BiroArgentina 1001930Computer (Analog)Vennevar BushU.S.A. 1011931CyclotronE.O.LawrenceU.S.A. 1021931Cement,PortlandHenri ChretienFrance 1031944Computer (Digital)Howard AikenU.S.A. 1041947TransistorBardeen, Shockley, BrattainU.S.A. 1051960LaserT.H.MainmanU.S.A. 106-SeismographRobert Mallet- 107-HovercraftCockrell- 108-SubmarineBushnell- 109-RadarR.W.WattBritain 110-TeleprinterBandot and Halseke- 111-HelicopterBrequet- 112-CrescographJ.C.BoseIndia