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Type, movable
1447, Gutenberg, German

Jigsaw puzzle
1760 Spilsbury English

Gas lighting
1792 Murdoch Scottish

Electric battery
1800 Volta Italian

Kaleidoscope
1817 Brewster Scottish

Magnet, electro
1828 Henry American

Braille printing
1829 Braille French

Calculating machine
1833 Babbage English

Photography
1835 Daguerre French

Motor, DC
1837 Davenport American

Telegraph, magnetic
1837 Morse American

Jeans
1847 Strauss German

Pin, safety
1849 Hunt American

Turbine, gas
1849 Bourdin French

Potato chips
1853 Crum American

Spectroscope
1859 Kirchoff, Bunsen German

Storage battery, rechargeable
1859 Plante French

Telegraph, quadruplex
1864 Edison American

Typewriter
1867 Sholes, Soule, Glidden American

Stock ticker
1870 Edison American

Telephone
1876 Bell American

Microphone
1877 Berliner American

Phonograph
1877 Edison American

Cathode ray tube
1878 Crookes English

Cash register
1879 Ritty American

Lamp, incandescent
1879 Edison American

Pen, fountain
1884 Walterman American

Photo film, transparent
1884 Eastman, Goodwin American

Adding machine
1885 Burroughs American

Record, disc
1887 Bell, Tainter American

Telegraph, railroad
1887 Woods American

Camera, Kodak
1888 Eastman, Walker American

Pen, ballpoint
1888 Loud American

Kinetoscope
1889 Edison American

Zipper
1891 Judson American

Addressograph 1892
Rotheim Norwegian

Photo, color
1892 Ives American

Photo film, celluloid
1893 Reichenbach American

Movie machine
1894 Jenkins American

Photoelectric cell
1895 Elster German

Radio signals
1895 Marconi Italian

Tape recorder, magnetic
1899 Poulsen Danish

Hearing aid, battery powered
1902 Hutchison American

Radio, magnetic detector
1902 Marconi Italian

Radio tubediode
1905 Fleming English

Radio amplifier
1906 De Forest American

Radio tube triode
1906 De Forest American

Lamp, neon
1909 Claude French

Plastic (Bakelite)
1909 Baekeland American

Radio receiver, cascade tuning
1913 Alexanderson American

Radio receiver, heterodyne
1913 Fessenden American

Radio tube oscillator
1915 De Forest American

Radio crystal oscillator
1918 Nicolson American

Television, iconoscope
1923 Zworykin American

Loudspeaker, dynamic
1924 Rice, Kellogg American

Movie, talking
1927 Warner Bros. American

Television, electronic
1927 Farnsworth American

Computer, automatic sequence
1944 Aiken et al American

Record, long playing
1947 Goldmark American

Transistor
1947 Shockley, Brattain American

Camera, Polaroid Land
1948 Land American

Velcro fastener
1948 de Mestral Swiss

Movie, panoramic
1952 Waller American

Laser
1960 Maiman American

Videotape recorder
1960 Ginsberg, Anderson American

Videodisc
1978 MCA Disco Vision American

CD ROM Drives
1987 IBM American

CD
1988 Sony Japanese