Editing 1907 in science (section)

==Technology==
* August 10 – [[Peking to Paris]] motor race concludes after 2 months, won by [[Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona|Prince Scipione Borghese]] driving a 7-litre 35/45&nbsp;hp [[Itala (company)|Itala]].
* August 29 – The partially completed [[Quebec Bridge]] collapses.<ref>{{cite web|first=Bruce |last=Ricketts |title=The Collapse of the Quebec City Bridge |url=http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Quebec/quebec_bridge_collapse.htm |work=Mysteries of Canada |accessdate=2011-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714144348/http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Quebec/quebec_bridge_collapse.htm |archivedate=2011-07-14 }}</ref>
* October 17 – [[Guglielmo Marconi]] initiates commercial transatlantic radio communications between his high power [[longwave]] wireless telegraphy stations in [[Clifden]], Ireland, and [[Glace Bay, Nova Scotia]].
* [[Lee de Forest]] invents the [[triode]] thermionic amplifier, starting the development of [[electronics]] as a practical technology.
* Furuholmen Lighthouse in Sweden is the world's first to be equipped with [[AGA AB|AGA]]'s [[Dalén light]] incorporating [[Gustaf Dalén]]'s invention of the [[sun valve]] which turns the beacon's accumulator gas supply on and off using daylight,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aga.com/web/web2000/com/WPPcom.nsf/pages/History_SunValve|title=History – The Sun Valve|publisher=AGA|accessdate=2012-03-02|first=Magnus|last=Lundahl|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207023511/http://www.aga.com/web/web2000/com/WPPcom.nsf/pages/History_SunValve|archivedate=2012-02-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> and for which Dalén will be awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] in [[1912 in science|1912]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1912/dalen-bio.html|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1912: Gustaf Dalén – Biography|work=Nobelprize.org|year=1912|accessdate=2012-03-02}}</ref>
* [[Ole Evinrude]] invents the first practical [[outboard motor]], in the United States.
* [[Rudge-Whitworth]] of [[Coventry]] (England) produce the first detachable wire wheel for automobiles.<ref>{{cite book|author=Georgano, G.N.|title=Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886–1930|location=London|publisher=Grange-Universal|year=1985|author-link=Georgano, G.N}}</ref>
* The [[Autochrome Lumière]] is the first [[color photography]] process marketed.
* James Murray Spangler invents the first [[The Hoover Company|Hoover]] [[vacuum cleaner]] in the United States.
* Samuel Simon [[patent]]s a [[screenprinting]] process in the United Kingdom.