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