THE HISTORY OF HUMAN INVENTIONS

The difference between Man and beast is his ability to invent things.  So, this is his report card so far ...

Fire                           7000 BC

Wheel                       3200 BC

Alphabet                   2700 BC

Clock                        1090                                by Su Song of China

Printing Press          1440        by Johannes Gutenberg of Germany

Steam Engine          1769                        by James Watt of Scotland

Electricity                 1831                by Michael Faraday of England

Telephone                1876       by Alexander Graham Bell of Canada

Automobile               1889               by Gottlieb Daimler of Germany

Powered Flight         1903                by The Wright Brothers of USA

Television                 1925               by John Logie Baird of Scotland

Computer                  1936                       by Alan Turing of England

Mobile Phone            1973                        by Martin Cooper of USA

Internet                      1989              by Tim Berners-Lee of England