Inventions- 19th Century

About me

• Andrew Talaga

• First-year student at Delta College

• Class: HIS 112

• Professor Laura Dull

Steam-Powered Boat

• Henry Bell-1812

• Invented the first commercially successful steamship in Europe

• Comet

• 30-ton wooden paddle steamer with a 3-horsepower engine

• Revolutionized transportation and navigation in Europe

Impact of the Steamboat

• Transportation of goods and materials became more efficient

• Commercial trading capabilities increased

• Traditional farming ways of life changed

Above: Henry Bell’s Comet-1812

Left: Replica of the Comet

Internal Combustion Engine

• Nikolaus Otto-1862

• Designed an indirect-acting free-piston compression-less engine

• Nikolaus Otto, Gottlieb Daimler, and Wilhem Maybach-1876

• Developed a practical four-stroke cycle (Otto cycle) engine

How the internal combustion engine operates

Otto’s I.C.E. Impact

Positive

• Most widely used type of engine

• Automobiles, Large boats, and Light

aircrafts

• Efficient and cheap

Negative

• Pollution

• Reducing air quality

• Releases harmful gasses

• “Contributes to global warming”

Battery

• Alessandro Volta-1800

• Invented the Voltaic Pile

• Produced a reliable and steady current of electricity

• Gaston Plante-1859

• Developed the first storage lead-acid battery that could be recharged

Impact of the Battery

Alessandro Volta

• One of the most important

inventions

• Gave scientists new ideas

• Set off another electrical age

• Provided power for telephone and

telegraph industries

Gaston Plante

• Precursor to the modern-day car

battery

• Impact still today

• Cell Phones

• Laptops

• Cordless Power Tools

Thanks to the 19th Century

• It was a great foundation for future ideas and inventions

• Revolutionized many aspects of everyday life

• Positively impacted many of the modern-day technologies we use

• Changed to world for the better!

Works Cited

• "BU-101: When Was the Battery Invented?" Information on the Invention of the Battery.

N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2014.

• "Internal Combustion - HowStuffWorks." HowStuffWorks. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec.

2014.

• "Related Electricity & Magnetism Pages." National High Magnetic Field Laboratory:

Museum of Electricity and Magnetism. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2014.

• "Thank You, Internal-Combustion Engine, for Cleaning up the Environment." : The

Freeman : Foundation for Economic Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2014.

Works Cited (continued)

• "BRITS AT THEIR BEST: British Inventions Ingenious Timeline 19th

Century 1855 - Copyright 2006 - 2010 David Abbott and Catherine Glass."

BRITS AT THEIR BEST: British Inventions Ingenious Timeline 19th Century 1855

- Copyright 2006 - 2010 David Abbott and Catherine Glass. N.p., n.d. Web. 20

Nov. 2014.

• Danelek, Jeff. "Top 10 Greatest Inventions of the 19th Century -

Toptenz.net." Toptenz.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.