1883--Brooklyn Suspension Bridge Completed.
1884--Antipyrene. Mergenthaler's first Linotype Printing Machine invented. Bacillus of Cholera identified by Koch, Bacillus of Diphtheria by Loeffler, and Bacillus of Lockjaw by Nicolaier.
1885--Cowles' Process of Manufacturing Aluminum. First Electric Railway in America installed between Baltimore and Hampden. Neodymium and Praseodymium discovered by Welsbach. Welsbach Gas Burner invented. Blowing up of Flood Rock, New York Harbor. "Bellite" produced by Lamm, and "Melinite" by Turpin.
1886--Graphophone invented. Electric Welding by Elihu Thomson. Gadolinum discovered by Marignac, and Germanium by Winkler.
1887--McArthur and Forrest's Cyanide Process of Obtaining Gold. Tesla's System of Polyphase Currents.
1888--Electrocution of Criminals adopted in New York State. Harvey's Process of Annealing Armor Plate. De Laval's Rotary Steam Turbine. "Kodak" Snap-Shot Camera. Lick Telescope. De Chardonnet's Process of Making Artificial Silk.
1889--Nickel Steel. Hall's Process of Making Aluminum. Dudley Dynamite Gun. "Cordite" (Smokeless Powder) produced by Abel and Dewar.
1890--Mergenthaler's Improved Linotype Machine. Photography in Colors. The Great Forth Bridge finished. Krag-Jorgensen Magazine Rifle.
1891--Parsons' Rotary Steam Turbine. The Northrup Loom.
1892--The explosive "Indurite" invented by Professor Munroe.
1893--Acheson's process for making Carborundum. The Yerkes Telescope. Edison's Kinetoscope. Production of Calcium Carbide in Electric Furnace by Willson.
1894--Discovery of element Argon by Lord Rayleigh and Professor Ramsey. Thorite produced by Bawden.
1895--X-Rays discovered and applied by Roentgen. Acetylene Gas from Calcium Carbide by Willson. Krupp Armor Plate. Lindé's Liquid air apparatus.
1896--Marconi's System of Wireless Telegraphy. Buffington-Crozier Disappearing Gun.
1897--Schlick's System of Balancing Marine Engines. Discovery of Krypton by Ramsey and Travers.
1898--Horry and Bradley's process of making Calcium Carbide. Discovery of Neon and Metargon by Ramsey and Travers; Coronium by Nasini; Xenon by Ramsey; Monium by Crookes, and Etherion by Brush. Mercerizing Cloth under tension to render it Silky.
1899--Marconi Telegraphs without wire across the English Channel. Oceanic launched, the largest steamer ever built.