Unveiling the Technological Milestones of 1886

The First. 1886-1888 · Performance. 1901-1931 · Safety. 1949-1979 · Precision. 1982-1997 · Technology. 2000-Present · Beyond. The Future. Phonograph, 1877, Thomas Edison ; Electric light bulb, 1879, Thomas Edison ; Automobile assembly line, 1893, Henry Ford ; Products made from peanuts, 1890s, George ... Franklin L. Pope, AIEE President, 1886 - 1887, one of America's first practicing electrical engineers. In addition to his inventions and patents ... German engineer Carl Benz is credited with patenting the first gas-powered automobile, the three-wheeled Patent Motor Car No. 1, in 1886. It was ... The idea for a vehicle that would permit rapid, independent locomotion came to two German inventors almost simultaneously. In the year 1886, Karl Benz and ... He goes on to list a significant number of inventions that were ready and waiting on the shelf when Benz built the Patentwagen. Rubber tires, wire wheels ... More than any other inventor in history, Thomas Edison is responsible for the technologies that make modern life modern. By the time of his death in 1931, he ... John Collins Warren, the School's first dean, provides the first public demonstration of anesthesia in surgery. 1886. Appendicitis. Reginald Heber Fitz provides ... May 8 is a bit of a red letter day—literally. Back on May 8, 1886, the world's first Coca-Cola was served at Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia. Carbon wire filament incandescent light bulb (1886) by Edison Electric Light CompanyNEMO Science Museum. It's hard to imagine life without these glass bulbs ...