Editing 1910s (section)

== Science and technology ==

=== Technology ===
[[Image:British Mark V-star Tank.jpg|thumb|right|British World War I [[Mark V tank]]]]
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* In 1912, [[Articulated vehicle|articulated]] trams, were invented and first used by the [[Boston Elevated Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/history/?id=964|title=About the MBTA-The "El"|author=MBTA|year=2010|publisher=MBTA|access-date=8 December 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126204041/http://mbta.com/about_the_mbta/history/?id=964|archive-date=26 November 2010}}</ref>
* In 1913, the [[Haber process]] was first utilized on an industrial scale.<ref name="AmSci">{{Cite journal |last=Philip |first=Phylis Morrison |year=2001 |title=Fertile Minds (Book Review of ''Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production'') |url=http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/from-fertile-minds |journal=American Scientist |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702093415/http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/from-fertile-minds |archive-date=2 July 2012}}</ref>
* The [[Model T Ford]] dominated the [[automobile]] market, selling more than all other makers combined in 1914.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Wheels for the world : Henry Ford, his company, and a Century of progress, 1903–2003|last=Brinkley|first=Douglas|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2004|isbn=9780142004395|oclc=796971541}}</ref>
* In 1916, [[Jan Czochralski]] invented the [[Czochralski process]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Czochralski Process and Silicon Wafers |url=https://www.waferworld.com/post/czochralski-process-and-silicon-wafers |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=www.waferworld.com |language=en}}</ref>
* In 1917, [[Alexander M. Nicholson]] invented the [[crystal oscillator]] using a piece of [[Potassium sodium tartrate|Rochelle salt]].<ref name="Nicholson">Nicholson, Alexander M. ''Generating and transmitting electric currents'' {{US patent|2212845}}, filed April 10, 1918, granted August 27, 1940</ref>
* In 1919, [[Alice H. Parker|Alice Parker]] invented the first system of natural gas-powered central heating for homes
* [[Gideon Sundback]] patented the first modern [[zipper]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Zipper : an Exploration in Novelty|last=Friedel|first=Robert D|publisher=Norton|year=1996|isbn=0393313654|location=New York|pages=94|oclc=757885297}}</ref>
* [[Harry Brearley]] invented [[stainless steel]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/01/31/301779222.pdf|title=A Non-Rusting Steel: Sheffield Invention Especially Good for Table Cutlery.|date=1914-01-31|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-05-11}}</ref>
* [[Charles Strite]] invented the first pop-up bread [[toaster]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bread-toaster|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US1387670A/en?inventor=strite&assignee=Charles+P+Strite|website=Google Patents|access-date=30 January 2018|format=Patent #1,387,670 application filed May 29, 1919, granted August 16, 1921}}</ref>
* The [[tank|army tank]] was invented. [[Tanks in World War I]] were used by the [[British Army]], the [[French Army]] and the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-25109879|title=World War One: The tank's secret Lincoln origins|last=Watson|first=Greig|date=2014-02-24|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2017-05-11}}</ref>

=== Science ===
* In 1911, the [[cloud chamber]] was invented by [[Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1927/wilson/facts/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Victor Hess]]’s daring balloon experiments in 1912 led to the discovery of cosmic rays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor Hess discovers cosmic rays {{!}} timeline.web.cern.ch |url=https://timeline.web.cern.ch/victor-hess-discovers-cosmic-rays-0 |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=timeline.web.cern.ch}}</ref>
* In 1912, [[Alfred Wegener]] puts forward his theory of [[continental drift]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Demhardt |first=Imre |date=2012 |orig-year=1912 |title=Alfred Wegeners Hypothesis on Continental Drift and its Discussion in Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen |url=http://epic.awi.de/Publications/Polarforsch2005_1_3.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Polarforschung |volume=75 |pages=29–35 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004001150/http://epic.awi.de/Publications/Polarforsch2005_1_3.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-04}}</ref>
* In 1913, [[Niels Bohr]] introduced the [[Bohr model]] his revolutionary model of the atom.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bohr Atomic Theory |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/Bohr-model |access-date=13 March 2025 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>

* In 1916, [[Albert Einstein]]'s theory of [[general relativity]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/General_relativity.html|title=General relativity|last1=O'Conner|first1=J.J.|last2=Robertson|first2=E.F.|date=May 1996|website=st-andrews.ac.uk|publisher=University of St. Andrews|access-date=2017-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307231005/https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/General_relativity/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2021}}</ref>
* [[Noether's theorem|Noether's first theorem]] was proven by mathematician [[Emmy Noether]] in 1915 and was published in 1918
* [[Max von Laue]] discovers the [[diffraction]] of [[x-ray]]s by [[crystal]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhm.de/lemo/biografie/max-laue|title=Gerade auf LeMO gesehen: LeMO Bestand: Biografie|date=2014-09-14|website=dhm.de|publisher=Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum|language=de|access-date=2017-05-11}}</ref>