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Inventions 1900-1930 Timeline

This document lists various inventions from 1900-1930, including the electric iron, washing machine, radio amplifier, vacuum cleaner, Model T automobile, electric toaster, electric blanket, dishwasher, assembly line, guided missile, radio improvements, Band-Aid, convertible car, drive-in restaurant, audiometer, lie detector, traffic signal, automatic watch, bulldozer, instant camera, loudspeaker system, radio altimeter, garage door opener, liquid rocket, bread slicing machine, television, jukebox, garbage disposal, pressure washer, electric razor, sunglasses, and frozen food. Many of these early 20th century inventions improved productivity and convenience in the home and workplace.

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Inventions 1900-1930 Timeline

This document lists various inventions from 1900-1930, including the electric iron, washing machine, radio amplifier, vacuum cleaner, Model T automobile, electric toaster, electric blanket, dishwasher, assembly line, guided missile, radio improvements, Band-Aid, convertible car, drive-in restaurant, audiometer, lie detector, traffic signal, automatic watch, bulldozer, instant camera, loudspeaker system, radio altimeter, garage door opener, liquid rocket, bread slicing machine, television, jukebox, garbage disposal, pressure washer, electric razor, sunglasses, and frozen food. Many of these early 20th century inventions improved productivity and convenience in the home and workplace.

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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.

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