it's for my history and i can't really find any good websites to search for it.. thanks!!
2006-12-05 10:29:06 · 6 answers · asked by qtee_cher03 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The percussion firing gun, the rifled gun and cannon (both rifled and unrifled), the breech loading cannon, the submarine, the torpedo, the handgranade, the iron-clad ship, ariel reconicence, trench warfare, the machine gun (gattling gun, etc), the exploding mine were all invented during the American Civil War. Prior to that were the siege weapons, the trebuchet, the siege tower, as well as the fortress, swords, knifes, axes, fire, the wheel, books, moveable type printing presses, carts, wheelbarrows, the hammer, chisel, blacksmith tongs, metal files, and other blacksmith tools including the vise, cut-off hardy, fullers and flatters. Woodworking tools such as the axe, saws, and hewing tools. Farming tools, such as the plow, hoe, and seed planter. Clothing and cloth, fur coats, buttons, hats, pants, shirts, coats. One could go on for a long time listing this stuff.
2006-12-05 10:46:00 · answer #1 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1800
Alessandro Volta builds first chemical battery.
1804
Nicolas-François Appert invents canning as a means to preserve food.
1807
Robert Fulton builds the first commercially successful steamboat.
1808
Pellegrini Turri invents the typewriter.
1812
Bryan Donkin invents the tin can.
1814
Humphry Davy invents the safety lamp for miners.
1817
Carl von Drais invents the (pedal-less) bicycle.
1820
P.J. Pelletier and J.B. Caventon are the first to isolate the antipyretic quinine from the bark of the cinchona tree.
1822
Joseph N. Niepce produces the first photograph.
1823
Charles Macintosh invents the waterproof raincoat.
1825
George Stephenson builds the first steam-powered locomotive.
1829
Louis Braille develops a writing system for the blind.
1830
Barthélemy Thimonnier invents the sewing machine; Edwin Budding invents the lawn mower.
these are a few the website is http://www.progressnow.com/fortschritt/erfindungen.htm
its very useful and mentions most inventions in time order good luck.xxxx
2006-12-05 18:37:03 · answer #2 · answered by jazzy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pre 1863? Well, let's see
Paper,
wheel
Printing press
fountain pen
wigs to cover lice in the hair
all the musical instruments that have strings and no electricity
oh gosh - thousands of things.
2006-12-05 18:33:01 · answer #3 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just looked up encarta encylopaedia. There is plenty of information. Try that site. Type in encarta.
2006-12-05 18:51:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire
The wheel
Condoms
2006-12-05 18:36:51 · answer #5 · answered by Plum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cotton gin
steamboat
telegraph
2006-12-05 18:32:10 · answer #6 · answered by gbulldogs88 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋