1879

•  Thomas Edison invents the indandescent light bulb.

 

1876

• Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.

1866

• Cyrus Field lays the first successful transatlantic cable.

1866

• The Siemens brothers improve steelmaking by developing the open hearth furnace.

1859

• The first commercial oil well is drilled in Pennsylvania.

1856

• Henry Bessemer develops the Bessemer converter.

1840

• Samuel Cunard begins transatlantic steamship service