Home›Invention›Year›By Century›18th centuryBrowse By18th centuryYear places an invention in the year it was actually patented or first demonstrated. Wikipedia records that "in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be granted a United States patent" for the telephone. Browsing by year sets an invention in the wider timeline of technology history.18th centuryConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)18th centuryFilter Results47 entriesFieldAllAgricultural, Milling And Fluid Power Machinery (1)Aircraft Flight Instruments (1)Astronomical And Timekeeping Instruments (1)Batteries (1)Bridge Types (1)Circuit Components And Semiconductors (2)Coastal and Harbour Structures (1)Crew Escape and Descent Systems (1)Electrochemical Cells and Processes (1)Engines And Power Transmission (2)Ferrous Metallurgy Processing Furnaces (1)Implantable Medical Devices (1)Industrial Machinery And Power (4)Iron and Steel Making Processes (2)Knitting and Lace Machinery (1)Lighter-Than-Air Aircraft (1)Manufacturing, Construction And Material Handling Machinery (1)Marine Navigation Instrument (2)Metal Casting and Forming Processes (1)Naval Ordnance (1)Other Electrical Inventions (1)Other Mechanical Inventions (1)Sewing and Embroidery Machines (1)Ship Hull and Stability Technology (1)Spinning and Fibre-Preparation Machinery (7)Textile Finishing Machinery and Processes (2)Tools And Measuring Instruments (2)Underwater Diving Technology (2)Weaving Machinery (2)Workplace Safety Equipment (2)InventorAllAlessandro Volta (1)Alois Senefelder (1)Andrew Meikle (1)Benjamin Huntsman (1)Edmund Cartwright (2)Eli Whitney (1)Elias Howe (1)Ewald Georg von Kleist (2)George William Manby (1)Henry Cort (3)James Hargreaves (1)James Watt (1)Jethro Tull (1)John Hadley (1)John Kay (1)Joseph Bramah (2)Lewis Paul (2)Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1)Moritz von Jacobi (1)Philip Vaughan (1)Pieter van Musschenbroek (2)Richard Arkwright (1)Robert Fulton (1)Samuel Crompton (1)Thomas Farnolls Pritchard (1)Thomas Newcomen (1)Thomas Savery (1)Associated WithAllAirlock (parachute) (1)Astrolabe (1)Bolt (1)Power Drill (1)Steam Horse locomotive (1)Thermostat (1)Turnbuckle (1)In FieldAllAerospace Engineering (3)Biomedical Engineering (1)Chemical Engineering (2)Civil Engineering (2)Electrical Engineering (3)Marine Engineering (6)Materials Engineering (4)Mechanical Engineering (7)Metallurgical Engineering (2)Textile Engineering (13)In GroupAllAgricultural, Milling And Fluid Power Machinery (1)Aircraft Flight Instruments (1)Astronomical And Timekeeping Instruments (1)Batteries (1)Bridge Types (1)Circuit Components And Semiconductors (2)Coastal and Harbour Structures (1)Crew Escape and Descent Systems (1)Electrochemical Cells and Processes (1)Engines And Power Transmission (2)Ferrous Metallurgy Processing Furnaces (1)Implantable Medical Devices (1)Iron and Steel Making Processes (2)Knitting and Lace Machinery (1)Lighter-Than-Air Aircraft (1)Manufacturing, Construction And Material Handling Machinery (1)Marine Navigation Instrument (2)Metal Casting and Forming Processes (1)Naval Ordnance (1)Other Electrical Inventions (1)Other Mechanical Inventions (1)Sewing and Embroidery Machines (1)Ship Hull and Stability Technology (1)Spinning and Fibre-Preparation Machinery (7)Textile Finishing Machinery and Processes (2)Tools And Measuring Instruments (2)Underwater Diving Technology (2)Weaving Machinery (2)Workplace Safety Equipment (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 47Alarm Clock18th centuryAltimeter18th centuryBall Bearing18th centuryBallast Tank18th centuryBeetling18th centuryCapacitor18th centuryCarding Machine18th centuryCast-Iron Bridge18th centuryCotton Gin18th centuryDiving Suit18th centuryElectric Battery18th centuryElectrolysis18th centuryExtrusion Press18th centuryFire Extinguisher18th centuryFire Sprinkler System18th centuryFlying Shuttle18th centuryGroyne18th centuryHot Air Balloon18th centuryHuntsman Process18th centuryHydraulic Press18th centuryKeratoprosthesis18th centuryLeyden Jar18th centuryLightning Rod18th centuryLithography18th centuryMarine Chronometer18th centuryNaval Mine18th centuryParachute18th centuryPencil18th centuryPower Loom18th centuryPuddling Furnace18th centuryPuddling Process18th centuryRoller Printing Machine18th centuryRoller Spinning18th centuryRolling Mill18th centuryScrew18th centurySeed Drill18th centurySewing Machine18th centurySextant18th centurySpinning Jenny18th centurySpinning Mule18th centurySubmarine18th centuryThe Steam Engine18th centuryThermometer18th centuryThreshing Machine18th centuryWarp Knitting Machine18th centuryWater Frame18th centuryWool Combing Machine18th centuryConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,051 connections.SourcesTechnology: A World Historytier 1Daniel R. Headrick, Oxford University Press, 2009Contains: The TelephoneContains: The LaserView the SourceA History of Technologytier 1Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954Contains: The Jet EngineView the SourceEncyclopaedia Britannicatier 1Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Contains: RadioContains: TelevisionContains: The AutomobileContains: The Internal Combustion EngineContains: The ComputerContains: The Analytical EngineContains: The World Wide WebView the SourceBi Sheng (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationContains: Movable Type PrintingView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.