Inventions
Coca-Cola
1886.05.08 ~ 1886
carbonated brown-colored soft drink
Association football
1848
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
Basketball
1891.12 ~ 1891
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end
Chess
≈601 ~ 601
strategy board game
Car
1885
motorized road vehicle designed to carry one to eight people rather than primarily goods
Coffee
≈1500 ~ 1500
brewed beverage made from seeds of Coffea genus
Pound sterling
1694.07.27 ~ 1694
official currency of the United Kingdom and other territories
Go
≈2255 BC ~ 2255 BC
board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,500 years ago
Aircraft carrier
1917
warship primarily designed to carry, support, launch, and recover naval aircraft at sea
Television
1925
telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images
Electricity
1821
physical phenomena associated with the presence and flow of electric charge
Atom
1803
smallest unit of a chemical element
Steel
1865
alloy made by combining iron and other elements
Capacitor
1745.10 ~ 1745
passive, two-terminal electronic component that stores electrical energy in an electric field
Stainless steel
1872
chromium-containing steel alloy resistant to corrosion
Enigma machine
1918
German cipher machine
Beer
≈3500 BC ~ 3500 BC
alcoholic drink
Transformer
1885
electrical device that transfers energy through electromagnetic induction from one circuit to another circuit
Tennis
1882.08.01 ~ 1882
racket sport played on a court bisected by a net
Plastic
1850
material of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids
Computer keyboard
1868
device comprising an arrangement of buttons or keys used to input text in computers
Mayflower
1620.11.21 ~ 1620
sailing ship carrying English and Dutch Pilgrims from England to North America
Submarine
1620
watercraft capable of independent operation underwater
Piano
1720
musical keyboard instrument
Helicopter
1912
type of rotor craft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors
Oreo
1912
sandwich cookie made by Mondelez
Camera
1839.08.19 ~ 1839
optical device for recording or transmitting photographic images or videos
Semiconductor
1911
material that has electrical conductivity intermediate to that of a conductor and an insulator
Bicycle
1885
pedal-driven two-wheel vehicle
Animation
1888.12 ~ 1888
method of creating moving pictures
HMHS Britannic
1914
Olympic-class ocean liner. Sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic
Vaccine
1796
substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute
Internal combustion engine
1924
engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber
Lee–Enfield
1895.01.01 ~ 1895
bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle
Photography
1800
art, science, and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation
Diesel engine
1893
internal combustion engine with quality rotational frequency governing, internal mixture formation, lean air-fuel-ratio, diffusion flame and compression ignition
Destroyer
1893
warship type designed for escort duties against smaller vessels
Compass
20
instrument used for navigation and orientation
Alternating current
1832
electric current which periodically reverses direction
Airplane
1903
powered fixed-wing aircraft
Steam engine
1679
heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
Photon
1923
elementary particle, the carrier and quantum of electromagnetism
Printing press
1439
device for evenly printing ink onto a print medium
Champagne
≈450 ~ 450
sparkling wine from Champagne, France
Underground Railroad
1800 ~ 1863
network of secret routes & safehouses in 19th-century U.S. used by slaves to find freedom
Concrete
6500 BC
composite construction material
Espresso
1884
strong type of coffee made using hot water under pressure
Radio
1894
technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves
Refrigerator
1856
household or industrial appliance for preserving food at a low temperature
The Wall Street Journal
1889.07.08 ~ 1889
American business-focused daily newspaper
Fuel cell
1842
electrochemical cell that converts chemical energy into electricity by oxidizing a fuel
Cement
1796
hydraulic binder used in the composition of mortar and concrete
Cappuccino
≈1900 ~ 1900
coffee drink
Motorcycle
1884
two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle
Relay
1835
electrically operated switch
Kerosene
1846
combustible hydrocarbon liquid
Tank
1915
armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat
Solar cell
1839
electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect
Phonograph
1877
device for the analogue recording and reproduction of sound
Paper
141 BC
thin, flexible material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon, drawing or for packaging