Scientific Inventions

Invention Inventor Year Country

Acetylene Gas Berthelot 1862 France

Adding Machine Pascal 1642 France

Adhesive Tape, Scotch Richard Drew 1930 U.S.A.

Adrenaline Schafer and Oliver 1894 Britain

Aeroplane Orville & Wilbur Wright 1903 U.S.A.

Aerosol Spray Erik Rotheim 1926 Norway

Air Conditioning Carrier 1902 U.S.A.

Airplane, Jet Engine Ohain 1939 Germany

Airship (non-rigid) Henri Giffard 1852 France

Anesthesia, Local Koller 1885 Austria

Anesthesia, Spinal Bier 1898 Germany

Anti-toxins (Science of Immunity) Behring & Kitasato 1890 Germany, Japan

Artificial Heart Willem Kolff 1957 Netherlands

Aspirin Dreser 1889 Germany

Atomic Bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer 1945 U.S.A.

Atomic Numbers Moseley 1913 Britain

Atomic Theory Dalton 1803 Britain

Automatic Rifle John Browning 1918 U.S.A.

Ayurveda 2000-1000 India

BC
Invention Inventor Year Country

Bacteria Leeuwenhock 1683 Netherlands

Bacteriology Ferdinand Cohn 1872 Germany

Bakelite Leo H. Baekeland 1907 Belgium

Ball-Point Pen John J. Loud 1888 U.S.A.

Ballistic Missile Wemher von Braun 1944 Germany

Balloon Jacques & Joseph Montgolfier 1783 France

Barometer Evangelista Torricelli 1644 Italy

Battery (Electric) Alessandro Volta 1800 Italy

Bicyle Kirkpatrick Macmillan 1839-40 Britain

Bicyle Tyres (Pneumatic) John Boyd Dunlop 1888 Britain

Bifocal Lens Benjamin Franklin 1780 U.S.A.

Biochemistry Jan Baptista Van Helmont 1648 Belgium

Bleaching Powder Tennant 1798 Britain

Blood Plasma Storage (Blood Bank) Drew 1940 U.S.A.

Blood Transfusion Jean-Baptiste Denys 1625 France

Bunsen Burner R.Willhelm von Bunsen 1855 Germany

Burglar Alarm Edwin T. Holmes 1858 U.S.A.

Calculus Newton 1670 Britain

Camera, Kodak Walker Eastman 1888 U.S.A.

Canned Food Appert 1804 France

Car (Petrol) Karl Benz 1888 Germany

Invention Inventor Year Country

Car (Steam) Nicolas Cugnot 1769 France

Carburetor Gottlieb Daimler 1876 Germany

Cardiac Pacemaker A.S. Hyman 1932 U.S.A.

Cassette, Audio Philips Co. 1963 Holland

Cassette, Videotape Sony 1969 Japan

CAT Scanner Godfrey Hounsfield 1968 Britain

Celluloid Alexander Parkes 1861 Britain

Cement (Portland) Joseph Aspdin 1824 Britain

Chemotherapy Ehrlich 1909 Germany

Chemotherapy Paracelsus 1493-1541 Switzerland

Chloroform as Anaesthetic James Simpson 1847 Britain

Chloromycetin Burkholder 1947 U.S.A.

Cholera T. B. Germs Robert Koch 1877 Germany

Chronometer John Harrison 1735 Britain

Cinema Nicolas & Jean Lumiere 1895 France

Circulation of Blood William Harvey 1628 Britain

Clock (Mechanical) I-Hsing & Liang Ling-Tsan 1725 China

Clock (Pendulum) Christian Huygens 1656 Netherlands

Cloning, DNA Boyer, Cohen 1973 U.S.A.

Cloning, Mammal Wilmut, et al 1996 U.K.

Invention Inventor Year Country

Compact Disc RCA 1972 U.S.A.

Compact Disc Player Sony, Philips co 1979 Japan,

Netherlands

Computer, Laptop Sinclair 1987 Britain

Computer, Mini Digital Corp. 1960 U.S.A.

Crossword Puzzle Arthur Wynne 1913 U.S.A.

Cryo-Surgery Henry Swan 1953 U.S.A.

CT Sacn Hounsfield 1973 Britain

Dating Libby 1947 U.S.A.

Diesel Engine Rudoff Diesel 1895 Germany

Diphtheria Germs Klebs & Loffler 1883-84 Germany

Disc Brake Dr. F. Lanchester 1902 Britain

Disc Video Philips Co. 1972 Holland

DNA, Structure Crick, Waston, Wilkins 1951 UK,US,UK

Dynamo Hypolite Pixil 1832 France

Electric Flat Iron H.W. Seeley 1882 U.S.A.

Electric Iron Henry W. Seely 1882 U.S.A.

Electric Lamp Thomas Alva Edison 1879 U.S.A.

Electric Motor (AC) Nikola Tesla 1888 U.S.A.

Electric Motor (DC) Zenobe Gramme 1873 Belgium

Invention Inventor Year Country

Electric Washing machine Alva J. Fisher 1906 U.S.A.

Electro-Cardiograph Willem Einthoven 1903 Netherlands

Electro-Encephalogram Hand Berger 1929 Germany

Electro-Magnet William Sturgeon 1824 Britain

Electron Thomson. J 1897 Britain

Electronic Computer Dr. Alan M. turing 1824 Britain

Electroplating Luigi Brugnatelli 1805 Italy

Embryology Kari Ernest-Van Baer 1792-1896 Estonia

Endocrinology Bayliss & Starling 1902 Britain

Facsimile Machine Alexander Bain 1843 Britain

Fibre Optics Kepany 1955 Britain

Film (Moving Outlines) Louis Prince 1885 France

Film (Musical Sound) Dr. Le de Forest 1923 U.S.A.

Film (Talking) J. Engl, J. Mussolle & H. Vogt 1922 Germany

First Test Tube Baby Steptoe & Edwards 1978 Britain

Floppy Disk IBM 1970 U.S.A.

Fountain Pen Lewis E.Waterman 1984 U.S.A.

Frisbee Fred Morrisson 1948 U.S.A.

Galvanometer Andre-Marie Ampere 1834 France

Gene Therapy on Humans Martin Clive 1980 U.S.A.

Genes Associated with Cancer Robert Weinberg & others 1982 U.S.A.
Invention Inventor Year Country

Glider Sir George Cayley 1853 Britain

Gramophone Thomos Alva Edison 1878 U.S.A.

Heart Transplant Surgery Christian Barnard 1967 S. Africa

Helicopter Etienne Oehmichen 1924 France

Histology Marie Bichat 1771-1802 France

HIV Martagnier 1984 French

Holography Denis Gason 1947 Britain

Hydrogen Bomb Edward Teller 1952 U.S.A.

Hypodermic Syringe Alexander Wood 1853 Britain

Intelligence Testing Simon Binet 1905 French

Jet Engine Sir Frank Whittle 1937 Britain

Kidney Machine Kolf 1944 Netherlands

Laser Theodore Maiman 1960 U.S.A.

Launderette J.F. Cantrell 1934 U.S.A.

Leprosy Bacillus Hansen 1873 Norway

Lift (Mechanical) Elisha G. Otis 1852 U.S.A.

Lighting Conductor Benjamin Franklin 1752 U.S.A.

Locomotive Richard Trevithick 1804 Britain

Logarithms Napier 1614 Britain

Loom, power E. Cartwright 1785 Britain

Invention Inventor Year Country

Loudspeaker Horace Short 1900 Britain

LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) Hoffman 1943 Switzerland

Machine Gun Richard Gatling 1718 Britain

Magnetic Recording Tape Fritz Pfleumer 1928 Germany

Malaria Germs Laveran 1880 France

Match, Safety John Walker 1826 Britain

Microphone Alexander Graham Bell 1876 U.S.A.

Microprocessor Robert Noyce & Gordon 1971 U.S.A.

Moore

Microscope, comp. Z. Janssen 1590 Netherlands

Microscope, elect. Ruska Knoll 1931 Germany

Microwave Oven Percy LeBaron Spencer 1947 U.S.A.

Morphine Friderich Sertumer 1805 Germany

Motor Cycle G. Daimler 1885 Germany

Movie Projector Thomas Edison 1893 U.S.A.

MRI Damadian 1971 U.S.A.

Neon Lamp Georges Claude 1910 France

Neurology Franz Joseph Gall 1758-1828 Germany

Neutron Chadwick 1932 Britain

Neutron Bomb Samuel Cohen 1958 U.S.A.

Invention Inventor Year Country

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Raymond Damadian 1971 U.S.A.

Imaging

Nylon Dr. wallace H. Carothers 1937 U.S.A.

Open Heart Surgery Walton Lilehel 1953 U.S.A.

Optical Fibre Narinder Kapany 1955 Germany

Oral Contraceptive Pills Gregory Pincus, Rock 1955 U.S.A.

Pacemaker Zoll 1952 U.S.A.

Paper A.D. 105 China

Pasteurization Louis Pasteur 1867 France

Pencil Lacques-Nicolas Conte 1792 France

Penicillin Alexander Fleming 1928 Britain

Periodic Table Mendeleyev 1869 Russia

Photo Film, Celluloid Reichenbach 1893 U.S.A.

Photo Film, Transparent Goodwin Eastman 1884 U.S.A.

Photocopier Carlson 1938 U.S.A.

Photoelectric Cell Julius Elster, Hans F. Geitel 1893 Germany.

Photography (on Film) John Carbutt 1888 U. S. A.

Photography (on Metal) J.N. Niepce 1826 France

Photography (on Paper) W.H. Fox Talbot 1835 Britain

Physiology Albrecht Von Haller 1757-66 Switzerland

Piano Cristofori 1709 Italy

Invention Inventor Year Country

Pistol, Revolver Colt 1836 U. S. A.

Plutonium Fission Kennedy, Whal, Seaborg, 1940 U.S.A.

Segre

Pop-up toaster Charles Strite 1927 U.S.A.

Positron Emission Tomography Louis Sokoloff 1978 U.S.A.

Printing (Rotary) Richard Hoe 1846 U.S.A.

Printing (Web) William Bullock 1865 U.S.A.

Printing Press Johann Gutenberg 1455 Germany

Proton Rutherford 1919 N.Zealand

Quantum Theory Plank 1900 Germany

Rabies Vaccine Louis Pasteur 1860 France

Radar A. H. Taylor & Leo C. Young 1922 U.S.A.

Radio Telegraphy Dr. Mohlon Loomis 1864 U.S.A.

Radio Telegraphy (Trans Atlantic) G. Marconi 1901 Italy

Radiocarbon Libby 1947 U.S.A.

Rayon Sir Joseph Swan 1883 Britain

Razor (Electric) Col. Jacob Schick 1931 U.S.A.

Razor (Safety) King C. Gillette 1895 U.S.A.

Recombinant-DNA Technology Paul Berg. H.W.Boyer, S. 1972-73 U.S.A.

Cohen

Refrigerator James Harrison, Alexander 1850 U.S.A.

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Invention Inventor Year Country

Relativity Theory Einstein 1905 Germany

Reserpine Jal Vakil 1949 India

Rh-factor Karl Landsteiner 1940 U.S.A.

Rubber (Latex Foam) Dunlop Rubber Co. 1928 Britain

Rubber (Tyres) Thomas Hancock 1846 Britain

Rubber (Vulcanised) Charles Goodyear 1841 U.S.A.

Rubber (Water Proof) Charles Macintosh 1823 Britain

Safety Pin Walter Hunt 1849 U.S.A.

Safety Razor King Camp Gillette 1903 U.S.A.

Seat Belt Volvo 1959 Sweden

Self-Starter Charles F. Kattering 1911 U.S.A.

Sex Hormones Eugen Steinach 1910 Austria

Ship (Steam) I. C. Perier 1775 France

Ship (Turbine) Hon. Sir C. Parsons 1894 Britain

Silk Manufacture 50 B.C. China

Skyscraper W. Le Baron Jenny 1882 U.S.A.

Slide Rule William Oughtred 1621 Britain

Small Pox Eradicated W.H.O. Declaration 1980 UN

Spinning Frame Sir Richard Arkwright 1769 Britain

Spinning Jenny James Hargreaves 1764 Britain

Spinning Mule Samuel Cromption 1779 Britain

Invention Inventor Year Country

Steam Engine Thomas Savery 1698 Britain

Steam Engine (Condenser) James Watt 1765 Britain

Steam Engine (Piston) Thomas Newcomen 1712 Britain

Steel (Stainless) Harry Brearley 1913 Britain

Stethoscope Laennec 1819 French

Stethoscope Rene Laennec 1819 France

Streptomycin Selman Waksman 1944 U.S.A.

Submarine David Bushnell 1776 U.S.A.

Super Computer J.H. Van Tassel 1976 U.S.A.

Synthesiser Moog 1964 U.S.A.

Synthetic Antigens Landsteiner 1917 U.S.A.

Tank Sir Emest D. Swington 1914 Britain

Tape Recorder Fessenden Poulsen 1899 Denmark

Telegraph M. Lammond 1787 France

Telegraphe Code Samuel F.B. Morse 1837 U.S.A.

Telephone (Imperfect) Antonio Meucci 1849 Italy

Telephone (Perfected) Alexander Graham Bell 1876 U.S.A.

Telephone, Cellular Bell Labs 1947 U.S.A.

Telescope Hans Lippershey 1608 Netherlands

Television (Electronic) P.T. Farnsworth 1927 U.S.A.

Invention Inventor Year Country

Television (Mechanical) John Logie Baird 1926 Britain

Television, Colour John Logie Baird 1928 Britain

Terramycin Finaly & Others 1950 U.S.A.

Thyroxin Edward Calvin-Kendall 1919 U.S.A.

Transformer Michael Faraday 1831 Britain

Transistor Bardeen, Shockley & Britain 1948 U.S.A.

Transistor Radio Sony 1955 Japan

Tyhus Vaccine J. Nicolle 1909 France

Uranium Fission, Atomic reactor Szilard Femi 1942 U.S.A.

Vaccination Edward Jenner 1796 Britain

Vaccine, Measles Enders 1963 U.S.A.

Vaccine, Meningitis Gardon, et al. Connaught Lab 1987 U.S.A.

Vaccine, Polio Jonas Salk 1954 U.S.A.

Vaccine, Polio-oral Albert Sabin 1960 U.S.A.

Vaccine, Rabies Louis Pasteur 1885 France

Vaccine, Smallpox Jenner 1776 Britain

Vacuum Cleaner (Elec) Spangler 1907 U.S.A.

Velcro (hook-and-Ioop-fastener) Georges de Mestral 1948 Switzerland

Video Tape Charles Ginsberg 1956 U.S.A.

Virology Ivanovski & Bajernick 1892 USSR,

Invention Inventor Year Country

Netherlands

Vitamin A Mc Collum and M. Davis 1913 U.S.A.

Vitamin B1 Minot & Murphy 1936 U.S.A.

Vitamin C Forelich Hoist 1919 Norway

Vitamin D Mc Collum 1925 U.S.A.

Vitamin K Doisy Dam 1938 U.S.A.

Washing Machine (Elec.) Hurley Machine Co. 1907 U.S.A.

Watch Bartholomew Manfredi 1462 Italy

Welder (Electric) Elisha Thomson 1877 U.S.A.

Western Cientific Therapy Hippocrates 460-370BC Greece

Windmill Persian corn grinding 600

Wireless (Telegraphy) G. Marconi 1896 Italy

X-ray W.K. Roentgen 1895 Germany

Yoga Patanjali 200-100 BC India