What are some inventions during like Civil War, 1861-1865? [no weapons]?

Question

Anyone know any inventions that were invented during the time of the Civil War? or maybe a few years before or at least around that time. Any inventions that improved technology, no weapons unless they really made a difference.

Thanks.

Answer 1

BBJ1776 shoots and scores !!! Mostly accurate and appropriate for the time (would have t o see that bit about the bowling ball , heck the Egyptians were bowling thousands of years back) - - - - - - should also add the on going development of petroleum for which I submit a Wikipedia Blurb----

The first commercial oil well drilled in North America was in Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada in 1858, dug by James Miller Williams. The American petroleum industry began with Edwin Drake's drilling of a 69-foot-deep oil well in 1859, on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania, for the Seneca Oil Company (originally yielding 25 barrels a day, by the end of the year output was at the rate of 15 barrels).[10] The industry grew slowly in the 1800s, driven by the demand for kerosene and oil lamps. It became a major national concern in the early part of the 20th century; the introduction of the internal combustion engine provided a demand that has largely sustained the industry to this day. Early "local" finds like those in Pennsylvania and Ontario were quickly exhausted, leading to "oil booms" in Texas, Oklahoma, and California.

Early production of crude petroleum in the United States:[10]

1859: 2,000 barrels
1869: 4,215,000 barrels "

And a Few Others/ again Wikipedia

1857 Passenger Elevator Elisha Graves Otis dramatically demonstrates his passenger elevator at the Crystal Palace Exposition in New York by cutting the elevator's cables as it ascends a 300 foot tower. Otis' unique safety braking system prevents the elevator from falling; his business prospects rise.

1858 Burglar Alarm Edwin T. Holmes of Boston begins to sell electric burglar alarms. Later, his workshop will be used by Alexander Graham Bell as the young Bell pursues his invention of the telephone. Holmes will be the first person to have a home telephone.

1859 Oil Well Drilling at Titusville, Pennsylvania, "Colonel" Edwin Drake strikes oil at a depth of 69.5 feet. Prior to that, oil, which had been used mostly as a lubricant and lamp fuel, had been obtained only at places where it seeped from the ground. Western Pennsylvania witnesses the world's first oil boom.

1861 Modern Pin Tumbler Lock Linus Yale Jr. improved upon his father's original design (patented in 1848) in 1861, using a smaller, flat key with serrated edges that is the basis of modern pin-tumbler locks.

1863 Roller Skates James Plimpton of Medford, Massachusetts, gives the world the first practical four-wheeled roller skate. This sets off a roller craze that quickly spreads across the U.S. and Europe.

1865 Web Offset Printing William Bullock introduced a printing press that could feed paper on a continuous roll and print both sides of the paper at once. Used first by the Philadelphia Ledger, the machine would become an American standard. It would also kill its maker, who died when he accidentally fell into one of his presses.



Peace...

Answer 2

Transcontinental telegraph line completed by Western Union
QWERTY" keyboard typewriter patented (1868)
Barbed Wire patented (1867)
Louis Pasteur invents pasteurization (1864)
Bunsen & Kirchoff discover Cs & Rubidium (1860)
The Bowling Ball is invented.(1862)
U.S. Congress authorizes the printing of paper money
Stopwatch/Chronograph (1862)
coffee perculator (1865)

Answer 3

Louis Pasteur invents pasteurization (1864) !

Answer 4

The cotton gin by eli whitney. Even though it was his wife that created it. He was her "beard," so to speak. Plus, numerous newspapers.

Answer 5

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