LOVE 4Science Scientific inventions through timeline
4200- 4000 BC
19th century
1972–73
1928
1986
1945
1593
1791
1969
1879
2010
1957
1903
1769
1876
FIRST WHEEL
The ancient Mesopotamian people are widely believed to have invented the wheel around 4200--4000 BC,
FIRST COMPUTER Charles Babbage
VCharles Babbage, an English mechanical engineer and polymath, originated the concept of a programmable computer. Considered the "father of the computer” ]he conceptualized and invented the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century.
Alexander Fleming 1928 penicillin
MARTIN COOPER
Martin Cooper (born December 26, 1928, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American engineer who led the team that in 1972–73 built the first mobile cell phone and made the first cell phone call. He is widely regarded as the father of the cellular phone
THE FIRST WHEEL
The ancient Mesopotamian people are widely believed to have invented the wheel around 4200--4000 BC, he wheel was invented in the 4th century BC in Lower Mesopotamia(modern-day Iraq), where the Sumerian people inserted rotating axles into solid discs of wood.
Julius Robert Oppenheimer 1945
Atomic bomb
Thomas Edison 1879 electric lamp
1593 – Thermometer (Galileo Galilei) Galileo Galilei is often claimed to be the inventor of the thermometer. However the instrument he invented could not strictly be called a thermometer: to be a thermometer an instrument must measure temperature differences; Galileo’s instrument did not do this, but merely indicated temperature differences. His instrument therefore, should rightly be called a thermoscope.
The thermoscope
The predecessor to the thermometer – the thermoscope – is a thermometer without a scale; it indicates differences in temperature only i.e. it can show if the temperature is higher, lower or the same; but unlike a thermometer it cannot measure the difference, nor can the result be recorded for future reference. The thermoscope was widely used by a group of scientists in Venice that included Galileo. It was then only a small step from the thermoscope to the creation of the thermometer.
In 1969, the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the precursor to the modern internet, was established. The first message was sent over the network on October 29, 1969, from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute. This event is considered the birth of the internet.
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone, and on March 10, 1876, he made the first successful telephone call to his assistant, Thomas Watson, by transmitting the message "Mr. Watson, come here—I want to see you."
On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, achieved the first successful, sustained, heavier-than-air powered flight with their "Wright Flyer" in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The first flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. They made three more flights that day, with the longest covering 852 feet in 59 seconds. This event is widely recognized as the dawn of the aviation age.
In 1791, Alessandro Volta's work with metallic plates and electrolytes, inspired by Luigi Galvani's experiments with frog legs, led to the invention of the first electric battery, known as the voltaic pile. This marked a pivotal moment in the development of modern electricity storage.
In 1769, James Watt patented a significantly improved version of the steam engine, which became a crucial catalyst for the Industrial Revolution. Watt's design addressed the inefficiencies of earlier steam engines by incorporating a separate condenser, leading to a substantial reduction in fuel consumption and increased power output. This innovation enabled the steam engine to be applied to a wider range of industrial applications, including powering factories and mills, and ultimately driving the mechanization that characterized the Industrial Revolution.