w) Smithson From the first stone tools to satellites and superconductors Lo Die) AD 1750 ‘AD 1900 €.1900 8 3500 BCithsonian the first photograph ever taken where gunpowder was invented when X rays were first used From the fitst prehistoric tools and weapons to video phones and virtual realty Smithsonian Visual Timeline of Inventions charts the entire history of human ingenuity: This uniquely visual timeline features more than 400 inventions that have changed the world, Each page includes 2 running chronology of world events, placing each Invention in its social and historical context. ln this way, readers will discover how drought and famine led tothe invention of irrigation, and how the steam engine influenced industry and transportation during the 19th century: ‘Smithsonian Visual Timeline of Inventions isan authoritative and fascinating reference book for the whole family Open the pages to discover when ‘eyeglasses, asprin, and zippers fist appeared, and sce what was happening in the world when the bicycle was invented,