2006-09-20 06:39:16 · 8 answers · asked by Carla B 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Tough choice:
1824: Professor Michael Faraday invents the first toy balloon
1835: Charles Babbage invents a mechanical calculator (ancestor of the computer.)
1847: Hungarian, Ignaz Semmelweis invents antisceptics.
1862: Alexander Parkes invents the first man-made plastic.
1866: Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.
1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
Or
Nicolaus August Otto invents the first practical four-stroke internal combustion engine.
1885: Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.
But, all things considered, I guess I'll go with (ta-da)
1824:Professor Michael Faraday invents the first toy balloon.
I mean, without toy balloons, would life really be worth living?
2006-09-20 06:59:24 · answer #1 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electric lights. That totally changed the workday and helped make manufacturing a huge industry. The resultant non-farm employment caused a ripple through the population as they moved from being a self-sufficient individual into part of a production revolution that lowered the cost of goods while increasing payroll. The was the start of our consumer economy.
2006-09-20 15:56:37 · answer #2 · answered by united9198 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jean Lenoir"s invention of an internal combustion engine in 1858 has had an everlasting influence in the way we live our life today.
2006-09-20 14:30:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eli Whitney's cotton gin, it forced slavery longer and ultimately the Civil War which changed the face of the nation.
2006-09-20 14:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by Bruce L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Penicillin. I don't know if you can call that an invention or a discovery, but it changes humanity significantly.
2006-09-20 13:47:28 · answer #5 · answered by Olive Green Eyes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bob Saget. Because he is a immature fetus.
2006-09-20 14:25:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Toilet paper. No explanation necessary.
2006-09-20 13:46:11 · answer #7 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
microwave!!!! i cannot imagine life without it.
2006-09-20 13:52:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋