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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