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Article: International invention in the 1800s.

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Americans were not the only inventors and new product/technology creators in the 1800s. Can you imagine life without the following important inventions from around the world?

1800 Italian physicist Alessandro Volta builds the first electric battery by connecting bowls of saltwater with metal strips.

1804 Richard Trevithick, a British engineer, invents the first steam-powered locomotive. It is so heavy that it breaks the tracks.

1804 Frenchman Joseph-Marie Jacquard patents a loom that mechanically weaves patterns using a punch card. The punch card later is used to store data in the first computer.

1809 British chemist Humphry Davy ...

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