Scientific Inventions
INVENTION
INVENTOR
YEAR
COUNTRY
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 BC
India
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)
Kari Benz
1888
Germany
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.
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
Electric Washing machine
Alva J. Fisher
1906
U.S.A.
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Electro-CardiographWillem Einthoven1903NetherlandsElectro-EncephalogramHand Berger1929GermanyElectro-MagnetWilliam Sturgeon1824BritainElectronThomson. J1897BritainElectronic ComputerDr. Alan M. turing1824BritainElectroplatingLuigi Brugnatelli1805ItalyEmbryologyKari Ernest-Van Baer1792-1896EstoniaEndocrinologyBayliss & Starling1902BritainFacsimile MachineAlexander Bain1843BritainFibre OpticsKepany1955BritainFilm (Moving Outlines)Louis Prince1885FranceFilm (Musical Sound)Dr. Le de Forest1923U.S.A.Film (Talking)J. Engl, J. Mussolle & H. Vogt1922GermanyFirst Test Tube BabySteptoe & Edwards1978BritainFloppy DiskIBM1970U.S.A.Fountain PenLewis E.Waterman1984U.S.A.FrisbeeFred Morrisson1948U.S.A.GalvanometerAndre-Marie Ampere1834FranceGene Therapy on HumansMartin Clive1980U.S.A.Genes Associated with CancerRobert Weinberg & others1982U.S.A.GliderSir George Cayley1853BritainGramophoneThomos Alva Edison1878U.S.A.Heart Transplant SurgeryChristian Barnard1967S. AfricaHelicopterEtienne Oehmichen1924FranceHistologyMarie Bichat1771-1802FranceHIVMartagnier1984FrenchHolographyDenis Gason1947BritainHydrogen BombEdward Teller1952U.S.A.Hypodermic SyringeAlexander Wood1853BritainIntelligence TestingSimon Binet1905FrenchJet EngineSir Frank Whittle1937BritainKidney MachineKolf1944NetherlandsLaserTheodore Maiman1960U.S.A.LaunderetteJ.F. Cantrell1934U.S.A.Leprosy BacillusHansen1873NorwayLift (Mechanical)Elisha G. Otis1852U.S.A.Lighting ConductorBenjamin Franklin1752U.S.A.LocomotiveRichard Trevithick1804BritainLogarithmsNapier1614BritainLoom, powerE. Cartwright1785Britain