Inventions

Timeline
1900-1930

1905: The Electric Iron

was invented by
businessman Earl
Richardson.

1907: The first sold

Washing Machine was
the Thor machine
designed by Hurley
engineer Alva J.
Fisher.
1907: The Radio
Amplifier which was
created by Lee
DeForest

1907: The Vacuum

Cleaner was invented
by janitor James
Spangler, he referred
to it as a Electric
Suction Sweeper.

1908: The Model T

Automobile was
invented by Henry
Ford.

1909: The Electric

Toaster was invented
by Employee of
general electric, Frank
Shailor.

1912: The Electric

Blanket was created
by American
physician Sidney I.
Russell.

1913: The first small

dishwasher suitable for
the domestic was
invented by William
Howard Livens.

1913: The Assembly

line was adopted by
Henry Ford, and was
used to produce the
Model T Automobile.

1917: The first Aerial

Torpedo was builts by
Elmer Sperry, which
became the first
successful guided
missile.

1913: The Radio was

improved upon by
Edwin Armstrong, he
made it practical for
voice and music to
reach long ranges.

1920: The first U.S.

radio station KDKA,
who were issued with
the first ever license on
October 27th.

1921: The Band-Aid

was invented by Earle
Dickson. He invented
it because his wife
would accidentally cut
herself everyday.

1922: The first

convertible prototype
was created by
American Ben P.
Ellerbeck.

1921: The first drive in

restaurant was created
which was Kirbys Pig
Stand in Dallas,Texas.

1922: The first

Audiometer for evaluating
hearing loss was invented
by Harvey Fletcher of
Brigham Young
University.

1921: The lie detector was

invented by John A. Larson.
It was a system that sensed
reactions that helped
determine whether a person
was lying or not.

1923: The first Traffic

Signal was invented by
Garrett Morgan, after
he had watched two
cars crashed into each
other.

1923: The Automatic

Watch with a selfwinding mechanism was
invented by John
Harwood.

1923: The first

Bulldozer was
invented by
Americans James
Cummings and J.
Early McLeod.
1923: The Instant
Camera with selfdeveloping film was
invented by Samuel
Shlafrock

1924: The
Loudspeaker System
was invented by
Chester Rice and
Edward Kellogg.

1924: The Earth Inductor

Compass was designed by
Morris Titterington, and it
provides pilots with a more
stable and reliable reference
instrument.
1924: The Moviola was
invented in the U.S. by
Dutch American Iwan
Serrurier.

1924: The Radio

Altimeter was invented
by the engineer Lloyd
Espenschied.

1926: Garage door

opener was invented
by C.G Johnson.

1926: The Liquid Rocket was

invented by American
engineer and physicist Robert
Goddard, this invention
resulted in an important
milestone toward spaceflight.

1927: The first

automatic Bread
Slicing machine was
invented by engineer
Otto Frederick
Rohwedder.

1927: The Television

was invented by Philo
Taylor Farnsworth.

1927: The first

selective jukebox was
introduced by the
Automated Musical
Instrumental Company.

1927: The Garbage

Disposal which
shredded food waste
into small pieces and
disposed of it, was
invented by John W.
Hammes.

1927: The Pressure Washer was invented by

American Frank Ofeldt to clean buildings,
automobiles, and concrete surfaces.

1928: The Electric

razor was invented by
Jacob Schick.

1929: Sunglasses were

invented by Sam
Foster

1929: Frozen food was

created by American
inventor and
entrepreneur Clarence
Birdseye.