List of Inventions and Discoveries
| Invention | Inventor | Year | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acetylene Gas | Edmund Davy | 1836 | England |
| Adding Machine | Pascal | 1642 | France |
| Adhesive Tape, Scotch | Richard Drew | 1930 | USA |
| Aeroplane | Orville & Wilbur Wright | 1903 | USA |
| Aeroplane, Jet Engine | Hans von Ohain | 1939 | Germany |
| Aerosol Spray | Erik Rotheim | 1926 | Norway |
| Air Conditioning | Carrier | 1902 | USA |
| Airship(Non-rigid) | Henri Giffard | 1852 | France |
| Artificial heart | William Kolff | 1957 | Netherlands |
| Atomic Numbers | Moseley | 1913 | Britain |
| Atomic Theory | Dalton | 1803 | Britain |
| Atomic Bomb | J Robert Oppenheimer | 1945 | USA |
| Automatic Rifle | John Browning | 1918 | USA |
| Bakelite | Leo H Baekeland | 1907 | Belgium |
| Balloon | Jacques & Joseph Montgolfier | 1783 | France |
| Ballpoint Pen | John J loud | 1888 | USA |
| Ballistic Missile | Wernher von Braun | 1944 | Germany |
| Barometer | Evangelista Torricelli | 1644 | Italy |
| Battery(Electric) | Alessandro Volta | 1800 | Italy |
| Bifocal Lens | Benjamin Franklin | 1780 | USA |
| Bicycle | Kirkpatrick Macmillan | 1839-40 | Britain |
| Bicycle tyres (Pneumatic) | John Boyd Dunlop | 1888 | Britain |
| Bleaching Powder | Tennant | 1798 | Britain |
| Burglar Alarms | Edwin T. Holmes | 1858 | USA |
| Bunsen Burner | Robert Wilhelm Bunsen | 1855 | Germany |
| Car(Steam) | Nicolas Cugnot | 1769 | France |
| Car(Petrol) | Karl Benz | 1888 | Germany |
| Carburetor | Gottlieb Daimler | 1876 | Germany |
| Canned Vood | Nicolas Appert | 1804 | France |
| Calculus | Isaac Newton | 1670 | Britain |
| Camera, Kodak | Walker Eastman | 1888 | USA |
| Cassette Videotape | Sony | 1969 | Japan |
| Cassette, Audio | Philips company | 1963 | Holland |
| Celluloid | Alexander Parkes | 1861 | Britain |
| Cement (Portland) | Joseph Aspdin | 1824 | Britain |
| Chronometer | John Harrison | 1735 | Britain |
| Chemotherapy | Ehrlich | 1909 | Germany |
| Cinema | Nicolas and Jean Lumiere | 1895 | France |
| Clock (Mechanical) | I Hsing & Liang Ling Tsan | 1725 | China |
| Cloning, Mammal | Ian Wilmut's | 1996 | UK |
| Cloning, DNA | Herbert W. Boyer, Stanley N. Cohen, and Paul Berg | 1973 | USA |
| Compact Disc player | Sony, Philips co | 1979 | Japan, Netherlands |
| Compact Disc | RCA | 1972 | USA |
| Crossword puzzle | Arthur Wynne | 1913 | USA |
| CT Scan | Godfrey Hounsfield | 1973 | Britain |
| Disc, Video | Phillips company | 1972 | Holland |
| Diesel Engine | Rudolf Diesel | 1895 | Germany |
| Disc Brakes | Dr. F Lanchester | 1902 | Britain |
| Electroplating | Luigi Brugnatelli | 1805 | Italy |
| Electromagnet | William Sturgeon | 1824 | Britain |
| Electron | Thomson J | 1897 | Britain |
| Electronic Computer | Dr Alan M turning | 1824 | Britain |
| Electric Flat iron | H.W. Seeley | 1882 | USA |
| Electric Iron | Henry W.Seely | 1882 | USA |
| Electric Lamp | Thomas Alva Edison | 1879 | USA |
| Electric Motor (AC) | Nikola Tesla | 1888 | USA |
| Electric Motor (DC) | Zenobe Gramme | 1873 | Belgium |
| Electric Washing machine | Alva J Fisher | 1906 | USA |
| Facsimile Machine | Alexander Bain | 1843 | Britain |
| Film (Talking) | J. Engl, J.Mussolle & H Vogt | 1922 | Germany |
| Film (Moving Outlines) | Louise Prince | 1885 | France |
| Fibre-Optics | Narinder Singh Kapany | 1955 | Britain |
| Film (Musical Sound) | Dr Le de forest | 1923 | USA |
| Floppy Disk | IBM | 1970 | USA |
| Fountain Pen | Lewis E. Waterman | 1884 | USA |
| Frequency Modulation | EH Armstrong | 1933 | USA |
| Frisbee | Walter Frederick Morrison | 1948 | USA |
| Galvanometer | Andre-Marie Ampere | 1834 | France |
| Glider | Sir George Cayley | 1853 | Britain |
| Gramophone | Thomas Alva Edison | 1878 | USA |
| Holography | Dennis Gabor | 1947 | Britain |
| Hydrogen bomb | Edward Teller | 1952 | USA |
| Intelligence testing | Alfred Binet | 1905 | France |
| Jet engine | Sir Frank Whittle | 1937 | Britain |
| Laser | Theodore Maiman | 1960 | USA |
| Lift (Mechanical) | Elisha G Otis | 1852 | USA |
| Lightning Conductor | Benjamin Franklin | 1752 | USA |
| Logarithms | John Napier | 1614 | Britain |
| Loom, Power | Edmund Cartwright | 1785 | Britain |
| Machine Gun | Richard Jordan Gatling | 1718 | Britain |
| Microphone | Alexander Graham Bell | 1876 | USA |
| Microprocessor | Robert Noyce & Gordon Moore | 1971 | USA |
| Microwave Oven | Percy LeBaron Spencer | 1947 | USA |
| Movie Projector | Thomas Alva Edison | 1593 | USA |
| Microscope | Z.Janssen | 1590 | Netherlands |
| Microscopes, Elect | Ernst Ruska, Max Knoll | 1931 | Germany |
| Motorcycle | Gottlieb Daimler | 1885 | Germany |
| MRI | Raymond Damadian | 1971 | USA |
| Neutron | James Chadwick, | 1932 | Britain |
| Neon lamp | George Claude | 1910 | France |
| Neutron bomb | Samuel Cohan | 1958 | USA |
| Nylon | Dr Wallace H Carothers | 1937 | USA |
| Optical fiber | Narinder Singh Kapany | 1955 | Germany |
| Pasteurization | Lewis Pasteur | 1867 | France |
| Periodic Table | Mendeleyev | 1869 | Russia |
| Photocopier | Chester Carlson | 1938 | USA |
| Photo Film, Celluloid | Reichenbach | 1893 | USA |
| Photo Film, Transparent | George Eastman | 1884 | USA |
| Photography (on Film) | John Carbutt | 1888 | USA |
| Photography (on Metal) | J.N. Niepce | 1826 | France |
| Photography (on Paper) | W.H. Fox Talbot | 1835 | Britain |
| Photoelectric cell | Julius Elster, Hans F Geitel | 1893 | Germany |
| Piano | Cristofori | 1709 | Italy |
| Pistol, revolver | Samuel Colt | 1836 | USA |
| Plutonium fission | Kennedy, whal,Seaborg,Segre | 1940 | USA |
| Pop-up toaster | Charles Strite | 1927 | USA |
| Printing (rotary) | Richard Hoe | 1846 | USA |
| Printing (Web) | William Bullock | 1865 | USA |
| Proton | Rutherford | 1919 | New Zealand |
| Printing press | Johann Gutenberg | 1455 | Germany |
| Quantum theory | Max Planck | 1900 | Germany |
| Radar | AH Taylor and Leo C Young | 1922 | USA |
| Radio Telegraphy (Trans Atlantic) | G Marconi | 1901 | Italy |
| Radiocarbon Dating | Willard Libby | 1947 | USA |
| Radio Telegraphy | Dr Mohlon Loomis | 1864 | USA |
| Rayon | Sir Joseph Swan | 1883 | Britain |
| Razor (Electric) | Col Jacob Schick | 1931 | USA |
| Razor (Safety) | King C Gillette | 1895 | USA |
| Refrigerator | James Harrison, Alexandre catlin | 1850 | USA |
| Relativity Theory | Einstein | 1905 | Germany |
| Rubber (Vulcanised) | Charles Goodyear | 1841 | USA |
| Rubber (Latex foam) | Dunlop Rubber Co. | 1928 | Britain |
| Rubber (Tyres) | Thomas Hancock | 1846 | Britain |
| Rubber (Waterproof) | Charles Macintosh | 1823 | Britain |
| Safety Pin | Walter Hunt | 1849 | USA |
| Safety Razor | King camp Gillette | 1903 | USA |
| Self-Starter | Charles F Kettering | 1911 | USA |
| Seatbelt | Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin | 1959 | Sweden |
| Ship (Steam) | IC Perier | 1775 | France |
| Ship (Turbine) | Hon Sir C Parson | 1894 | Britain |
| Slide Rule | William Oughtred | 1621 | Britain |
| Spinning Frame | Sir Richard Arkwright | 1769 | Britain |
| Spinning Jenny | James Hargreaves | 1764 | Britain |
| Spinning Mule | Samuel Crompton | 1779 | Britain |
| Skyscraper | W Le Baron Jenny | 1882 | USA |
| Steam Engine | Thomas Savery | 1698 | Britain |
| Steam Engine(Piston) | Thomas Newcomen | 1712 | Britain |
| Steam Engine(Condenser) | James Watt | 1765 | Britain |
| Steel(Stainless) | Harry Brealey | 1913 | Britain |
| Stethoscope | Laennec | 1819 | French |
| Submarine | David Bushnell | 1776 | USA |
| Super Computer | J.H Van Tassel | 1976 | USA |
| Synthesiser | Moog | 1964 | USA |
| Telegraph code | Samuel FB Morse | 1837 | USA |
| Telephone, cellular | Bell Labs | 1947 | USA |
| Telephone (perfected) | Alexander Graham Bell | 1876 | USA |
| Television (electronic) | P.T Farnsworth | 1927 | USA |
| Tank | Sir Emest D Swington | 1914 | Britain |
| Tape Recorder | Fessenden Poulsen | 1899 | Denmark |
| Telescope | Hans Lippershey | 1608 | Netherlands |
| Telegraph | M Lammond | 1787 | France |
| Television (mechanical) | John Logie Baird | 1926 | Britain |
| Television, Colour | John Logie Baird | 1928 | Britain |
| Transformer | Michael Faraday | 1831 | Britain |
| Transistor | Bardeen, Shockley & Brattain | 1948 | USA |
| Uranium fission, atomic reactor | Szilard Fermi | 1942 | USA |
| Vacuum cleaner | Spangler | 1907 | USA |
| Velcro(hook-and-loop-fastner) | Geprges de Mestral | 1948 | Switzerland |
| Videotape | Charles Ginsberg | 1956 | USA |
| Washing machine(elec) | Hurley Machine co | 1907 | USA |
| Watch | Bartholomew Manfredi | 1462 | Italy |
| Welder (electric) | Elisha Thomson | 1877 | USA |
| Wireless (telegraph the) | G Marconi | 1896 | Italy |
| X-ray | W.K Roentgen | 1895 | Geremany |
| Zip Fastener | W.L Judson | 1891 | USA |
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