Communication Timeline

COMMUNICATION TIMELINE

2400 BC

The first calculator

invented. Called an: abacus

776 BC The use of pigeons that can send a

message is recorded.

1567 First pencil invented by Conrad

Gesner

1765 Erasers are put on pencils by the

Eberhard Company

1803 Steel ink pen is said to have been

developed in Birmingham, England.

1822 First mechanical computer invented

by Charles Babbage.

1825

The element: aluminum :is discovered by Hans Christian Oerosted.

1834

Braille is invented by Louis Braille.

1835

The Morse Code is invented by Samuel F.B. Morse.

1837

First practical telegraph invented by Samuel F.B. Morse.

1859

Lead acid rechargeable battery invented by Gaston Plante.

1876

Telephone invented and demonstrated by Alexander Graham Bell.

188O

Ball point pen patented by Alonzo T. Cross

1883

Long distance telephone service started between Chicago and New York.

1893

Wireless communication invented by Nikola Tesla.

1903

Powered airplane invented by Wilbur and Orville Wright.

1907

Color photography invented August and Louis Lumiere.

1919 James Smathers

develops the first electric typewriter.

1923 Television invented by Philo

Farnsworth.

1959

IBM(International Business Machines) create desk-sized computers for businesses and scientists.