- 1775: The first fully efficient steam engine was invented by James Watt.
- 1838: William Henry Fox-Talbot takes the first photograph in Britain.
- 1839: Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented the pedal bicycle.
- 1839: Isambard Brunel created the steamboat.
- 1840: The post office office and postage stamps became popularized.
- 1844: A morse code message was sent by Samuel Morse.
- 1845: The rubber tire filled with air was invented by Robert Thomson.
- 1845: A London road was covered with tarmac instead of cobblestone.
- 1846: Elias Howe invented the Sewing machine.
- 1849: Concrete was invented by Joseph Monier.
- 1850: Petrol (Gasoline) was developed.
- 1851: Ice cream was invented by Jacob Fussell.
- 1856: Pasteurizing of food was invented by Louis Pasteur to kill hazardous bacteria in food.
- 1861: The machine gun was invented.
- 1863: The tube (An London underground train track) was created and used by steam engine trains.
- 1873: The Typewriter was invented by Christopher Sholes.
- 1876: The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell.
- 1878: Electric street lighting began in London (replacing oil lamps that had to be lit every night)
- 1883: The first electric railway opened.
- 1885: First petrol motorcar built by Karl Benz
- 1894: Moving pictures (first stages of cinematography) invented by Lumiere brothers.
- 1895: X-Rays were discovered by Roentgen.
- 1899: Aspirin was invented.
- 1903: Wright brothers make first powered flight.