Famous Inventions / Inventors - BHS Academic Team
Famous Inventions / Inventors
Calculating Machines and Computers:
|INVENTION |YEAR |INVENTOR |NATIONALITY |
|Adding Machine |1642 |Blaise Pascal |French |
|Cash Register |1879 |James Ritty |American |
|Electronic Digital Computer |1946 |J.P. Eckert, J.W. Mauchly |American |
|Electronic Pocket Calculator |1972 |J.S. Silby, J.D. Merryman |American |
|Parallel Computing |1979 |Seymour Cray |American |
Cloth and Clothing:
|INVENTION |YEAR |INVENTOR |NATIONALITY |
|Knitting Machine |1589 |William Lee |English |
|Spinning Jenny |1764 |J. Hargreaves |English |
|Spinning Frame |1769 |R. Arkwright |English |
|Power Loom |1785 |E. Cartwright |English |
|Cotton Gin |1793 |Eli Whitney |American |
|Rubber Vulcanization |1839 |Charles Goodyear |American |
|Sewing Machine |1845 |Elias Howe |American |
|Rayon |1884 |H. de Chardonnet |French |
|Zipper |1893 |W.L. Judson |American |
|Rubber Heel |1896 |H. O'Sullivan |American |
|Nylon |1937 |W.H. Carothers |American |
|Velcro |1948 |G. de Mestral |Swiss |
Communication
|INVENTION |YEAR |INVENTOR |NATIONALITY |
|Typewriter |1829 |W.A. Burt |American |
|Braille Printing |1829 |Louis Braille |French |
|Telegraph |1837 |S.F.B. Morse |American |
|Morse Code |1838 |S.F.B. Morse |American |
|Daguerrotype Photography |1839 |Louis Daguerre |French |
|Telephone |1876 |A.G. Bell |American |
|Phonograph |1877 |Thomas Edison |American |
|Flexible Roll Film |1884 |George Eastman |American |
|Halftone Engraving |1886 |F.E. Ives |American |
|Kodak Camera |1888 |George Eastman |American |
|Movie Projector |1893 |Thomas Edison |American |
|Wireless Telegraphy |1896 |G. Marconi |Italian |
|Concept of Television |1908 |A.A.C. Swinton |Scottish |
|Iconoscope |1923 |V. Zworykin |American |
|FM |1933 |E.H. Armstrong |American |
|LP Record |1948 |P.C. Goldmark |American |
|Color Television |1950 |P.C. Goldmark |American |
|Videotape |1956 |Ginsberg, Dolby |American |
|Compact Disc |1979 |Sinjou, Dot |Dutch, Japanese |
Construction
|INVENTION |YEAR |INVENTOR |NATIONALITY |
|Cylinder Lock |1860 |Linus Yale |American |
|Air Conditioning |1911 |W.H. Carrier |American |
Electricity and Electronics
|INVENTION |YEAR |INVENTOR |NATIONALITY |
|Voltaic Cell |1800 |Alessandro Volta |Italian |
|Dynamo |1831 |Michael Faraday |English |
|Electrolysis |1834 |Michael Faraday |English |
|Dry Cell |1868 |Georges Leclanche |French |
|Incandescent Lamp |1879 |Thomas Edison |American |
|Cathode Ray Tube |1879 |William Crookes |English |
|Transformer |1885 |William Stanley |American |
|Photoelectric Cell |1893 |Elster, Geitel |German |
|Transistor |1948 |Shockley, Bardeen |American |
|Laser |1958 |Gordon Gould |American |
|Microprocessor |1971 |Ted Hoff |American |
Food and Agriculture
|INVENTION |YEAR |INVENTOR |NATIONALITY |
|Seed Drill |1701 |Jethro Tull |English |
|Reaper |1831 |Cyrus McCormick |American |
|Steel Plow |1837 |John Deere |American |
|Condensed Milk |1853 |Gail Borden |American |
|Refrigerator Car |1877 |G.F. Swift |American |
|Quick-Frozen Food |1925 |C. Birdseye |American |
|Microwave Oven |1947 |Percy L. Spencer |American |
Medicine and Biotechnology
|INVENTION |YEAR |INVENTOR |NATIONALITY |
|Stethoscope |1781 |Theophile, Laennac |French |
|Small Pox Vaccination |1796 |Edward Jenner |English |
|Antiseptic Surgery |1865 |Joseph Lister |English |
|X-ray |1895 |Wilhelm Rontgen |German |
|Insulin |1922 |Banting, MacLeod |Canadian |
|Penicillin |1928 |Alexander Fleming |English |
|Polio Vaccine |1954 |Jonas Salk |American |
|Oral Contraceptive |1955 |Gregory Pincus |American |
|Artificial Heart |1957 |Willem Kolff |Dutch |
|Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart |1978 |Robert K. Jarvik |American |
Industrial Materials
|INVENTION |YEAR |INVENTOR |NATIONALITY |
|Crucible Steel Process |1740 |Benjamin Huntsman |English |
|Miner’s Safety Lamp |1815 |Humphry Davy |English |
|Steel Converter |1856 |Henry Bessemer |English |
|Electric Furnace |1861 |William Siemens |British |
Scientific Instruments and Devices
|INVENTION |YEAR |INVENTOR |NATIONALITY |
|Compound Microscope |1590 |Zacharias Janssen |Dutch |
|Thermometer |1593 |Galileo |Italian |
|Barometer |1643 |E. Torricelli |Italian |
|Pendulum Clock |1656 |C. Huygens |Dutch |
|Reflecting Telescope |1668 |Isaac Newton |English |
|Bifocal Spectacles |1760 |Benjamin Franklin |American |
|Gyroscope |1852 |J.B.L. Foucault |French |
|Bunsen Burner |1855 |Robert Bunsen |German |
|Electron Microscope |1932 |Knoll, Ruska |German |
|Nuclear Reactor |1942 |Enrico Fermi |American |
Transportation and Energy
|INVENTION |YEAR |INVENTOR |NATIONALITY |
|Diving Bell |1717 |Edmund Halley |English |
|Steam Engine, rotary |1765 |James Watt |Scottish |
|Commercial Steamboat |1809 |Robert Fulton |American |
|Regenerative Steam Engine |1847 |William Siemens |British |
|Elevator |1852 |Elisha Otis |American |
|Sleeping Car |1857 |George M. Pullman |American |
|Railway Air Brakes |1868 |G. Westinghouse |American |
|Gas Engine |1876 |Nikolaus A. Otto |German |
|Gasoline-powered Automobile |1885 |Karl Benz |German |
|Induction Motor |1888 |Nikola Tesla |Italian |
|Diesel Engine |1892 |Rudolph Diesel |German |
|Airplane |1903 |Wright Brothers |American |
|Helicopter |1939 |Igor Sikorsky |American |
Warfare
|INVENTION |YEAR |INVENTOR |NATIONALITY |
|Submarine |1775 |David Bushnell |American |
|Shrapnel Shell |1784 |Henry Shrapnel |English |
|Revolver |1835 |Samuel Colt |American |
|Conical Bullet |1849 |Claude Minie |French |
|Gatling Gun |1861 |R.J. Gatling |American |
|Blasting Cap |1862 |Alfred Nobel |Swedish |
|Automatic Rifle |1918 |John Browning |American |
|Liquid-fuel Rocket |1926 |Robert Goddard |American |
|Guided Missile |1942 |Werner von Braun |German |
|Ballistic Missile |1944 |Werner von Braun |German |
|Atomic Bomb |1945 |Robert Oppenheimer |American |
|Hydrogen Bomb |1952 |Edward Teller |American |
|Neutron Bomb |1958 |Samuel Cohen |American |
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