Manufacturing

4 inventions

3D Printer

Manufacturing1983

Hull invented stereolithography, building objects layer by layer. His company 3D Systems commerciali...

Steel (Bessemer)

Manufacturing1856

The Bessemer process made steel affordable for the first time. Blew air through molten iron to remov...

Aluminum Smelting

Manufacturing1886

Aluminum was once more valuable than gold. Napoleon III served his most honored guests with aluminum...

Spinning Jenny

Manufacturing1764

Hargreaves, a Lancashire weaver, built a multi spindle spinning frame around 1764 that let one worke...