Print
This List
Email to
a Friend
5 Crazy inventions (the day they were first thought off) and when then actually came true
IN THE PAST 
Tags: inventions, history
Here is the list of some of the inventions that took a long long time
| | Printing Press : While the designs date back to AD 200, the first modern printing press came in 1439. |
| | Submarines : The first published design was in 1573 by William Bourne. The first submarine which was used in naval combat was turtle, which was invented in 1776 by David Bushnell |
| | Light Bulb: Started as early as 1802 by Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the invention of a modern light bulb goes to Thomas Edison in 1879. |
| | Telephone: In 1831 Michael Faraday proved that vibrations of metal could be converted to electrical impulses . It was not before March 10, 1876 , Bell's experiments with his assistant Thomas Watson finally proved successful. |
| | Hand Help Calculator : French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented the first adding machine in 1642. The hand-held pocket calculator was invented at Texas Instruments in 1966 |
Lister:
ListAfterList Wiki Contributors
Other lists of interest:
This list not rated yet – be the first to rate it