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- Famous Inventions And Discoveries
- Unit and Dimension
- Motion in Daily Life
- Work, Energy and Power
- Gravitation and Gravity
- Pressure in Liquids and Atmosphere
- Floatation in Liquids
- Surface Tension Made Simple
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- From Terminal Velocity to Elasticity
- Waves and Sound
- Heat and Temperature
- Thermal Expansion & Heat Transfer
- Latent Heat & Thermodynamics
- Speed of Light & Refractive Index
- Laws of Reflection & Refraction
- Power of a Lens
- Human Eye Vision Defects
- What Is Electric Charge?
- What Is Electric Current?
- Key Concepts in Magnetism
- Nuclear & Atomic Physics
- The Basics of Electronics
- Scientific Instruments & Their Uses
- SI Units and Conversion Factors
Famous Inventions and Discoveries
Inventions and their Inventors
Invention |
Inventor |
Country |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Adding machine |
Pascal |
France |
1642 |
|
Aeroplane |
Wright brothers |
USA |
1903 |
|
Balloon |
Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier |
France |
1783 |
|
Ball-point pen |
C. Biro |
Hungary |
1938 |
|
Barometer |
E. Torricelli |
Italy |
1644 |
|
Battery |
Alessandro Volta |
Italy |
1800 |
|
Bicycle |
K. Macmillan |
Scotland |
1839 |
|
Bicycle Tyre |
J.B. Dunlop |
Scotland |
1888 |
|
Calculating machine |
Blaise Pascal |
France |
1642 |
|
Centigrade scale |
A. Celsius |
France |
1742 |
|
Cinematograph |
Thomas Alva Edison |
USA |
1891 |
|
Computer |
Charles Babbage |
Britain |
1834 |
|
Cine camera |
Friese-Greene |
Britain |
1889 |
|
Cinema |
A.L. and J.L. Lumiere |
France |
1895 |
|
Clock (mechanical) |
Hsing and Ling-Tsan |
China |
1725 |
|
Clock (pendulum) |
C. Huygens |
Netherlands |
1657 |
|
Diesel engine |
Rudolf Diesel |
Germany |
1892 |
|
Dynamite |
Alfred Nobel |
Sweden |
1867 |
|
Dynamo |
Michael Faraday |
England |
1831 |
|
Electric iron |
H.W. Seeley |
USA |
1882 |
|
Electric lamp |
Thomas Alva Edison |
USA |
1879 |
|
Electromagnet |
W. Sturgeon |
England |
1824 |
|
Evolution (theory) |
Charles Darwin |
England |
1858 |
|
Film (with sound) |
Dr Lee de Forest |
USA |
1923 |
|
Fountain Pen |
L. E. Waterman |
USA |
1884 |
|
Gaslighting |
William Murdoch |
Scotland |
1794 |
|
Gramophone |
T.A. Edison |
USA |
1878 |
|
Jet Engine |
Sir Frank Whittle |
England |
1937 |
|
Lift |
E.g., Otis |
USA |
1852 |
|
Locomotive |
Richard Trevithick |
England |
1804 |
|
Machine gun |
Richard Gatling |
USA |
1861 |
|
Match (safety) |
J.E. Lurdstrom |
Sweden |
1855 |
|
Microphone |
David Hughes |
USA |
1878 |
|
Microscope |
Z. Jansen |
Netherlands |
1590 |
|
Mobile Phone |
Martin Kooper |
USA |
1970 |
|
Motor car (petrol) |
Karl Benz |
Germany |
1885 |
|
Motorcycle |
Edward Butler |
England |
1884 |
|
Neon-lamp |
G. Claude |
France |
1915 |
|
Nylon |
Dr W.H. Carothers |
USA |
1937 |
|
Penicillin |
Alexander Fleming |
Scotland |
1928 |
|
Photography (paper) |
W.H. Fox Talbot |
England |
1835 |
|
Printing press |
J. Gutenberg |
Germany |
1455 |
|
Radar |
Dr A.H. Taylor & L.C. Young |
USA |
1922 |
|
Radium |
Marie and Pierre Curie |
France |
1898 |
|
Radio |
G. Marconi |
England |
1901 |
|
Rayon |
American Viscose Co. |
USA |
1910 |
|
Razor (safety) |
K.G. Gillette |
USA |
1895 |
|
Razor (electric) |
Col. J. Schick |
USA |
1931 |
|
Refrigerator |
J. Harrison and A. Catlin |
Britain |
1834 |
|
Revolver |
Samuel Colt |
USA |
1835 |
|
Rubber (vulcanized) |
Charles Goodyear |
USA |
1841 |
|
Rubber (waterproof) |
Charles Macintosh |
Scotland |
1819 |
|
Safety lamp |
Sir Humphrey Davy |
England |
1816 |
|
Safety pin |
Walter Hunt |
USA |
1849 |
|
Safety razor |
King Camp Gillette |
USA |
1901 |
|
Sewing machine |
B. Thimmonnier |
France |
1830 |
|
Scooter |
G. Bradshaw |
England |
1919 |
|
Ship (steam) |
J.C. Perier |
France |
1775 |
|
Ship (turbine) |
Sir Charles Parsons |
Britain |
1894 |
|
Shorthand (modern) |
Sir Isaac Pitman |
Britain |
1837 |
|
Spinning frame |
Sir Richard Arkwright |
England |
1769 |
|
Spinning jenny |
James Hargreaves |
England |
1764 |
|
Steam engine (piston) |
Thomas Newcome |
Britain |
1712 |
|
Steam engine (condenser) |
James Watt |
Scotland |
1765 |
|
Steel production |
Henry Bessemer |
England |
1855 |
|
Stainless Steel |
Harry Brearley |
England |
1913 |
|
Tank |
Sir Ernest Swington |
England |
1914 |
|
Telegraph code |
Samuel F.B. Morse |
USA |
1837 |
|
Telephone |
Alexander Graham Bell |
USA |
1876 |
|
Telescope |
Hans Lippershey |
Netherlands |
1608 |
|
Television |
John Logie Baird |
Scotland |
1926 |
|
Terylene |
J. Whinfield and H. Dickson |
England |
1941 |
|
Tractor |
J. Froelich |
USA |
1892 |
|
Transistor |
Bardeen, Shockley |
USA & UK |
1949 |
|
Typewriter |
C. Sholes |
USA |
1868 |
|
Valve of the radio |
Sir J. A. Fleming |
Britain |
1904 |
|
Watch |
A.L. Breguet |
France |
1791 |
|
X-ray |
Wilhelm Roentgen |
Germany |
1895 |
|
Zip fastener |
W.L. Judson |
USA |
1891 |
Important Discoveries in Physics
Discovery |
Scientist |
Year |
|---|---|---|
|
Laws of motion |
Newton |
1687 |
|
Law of electrostatic attraction |
Coulomb |
1779 |
|
Atom |
John Dalton |
1808 |
|
Photography (On metal) |
J. Neepse |
1826 |
|
Law of Electric Resistance |
G.S. Ohm |
1827 |
|
Law of floatation |
Archimedes |
1827 |
|
Electromagnetic Induction |
Michael Faraday |
1831 |
|
Photography (On paper) |
W. Fox Talbot |
1835 |
|
Dynamite |
Alfred Nobel |
1867 |
|
Periodic table |
Mendeleev |
1888 |
|
X-Rays |
Roentgen |
1895 |
|
Radioactivity |
Henry Becquerel |
1896 |
|
Electron |
J.J. Thomson |
1897 |
|
Radium |
Madam Curie |
1898 |
|
Quantum theory |
Max Planck |
1900 |
|
Wireless Telegram |
Marconi |
1901 |
|
Diode Bulb |
Sir J.S. Fleming |
1904 |
|
Photoelectric effect |
Albert Einstein |
1905 |
|
Theory of Relativity |
Albert Einstein |
1905 |
|
Audio Bulb |
Lee de Forest |
1906 |
|
Atomic Structure |
Neil Bohr & Rutherford |
1913 |
|
Proton |
Rutherford |
1919 |
|
Raman Effect |
C.V. Raman |
1928 |
|
Neutron |
James Chadwick |
1932 |
|
Nuclear Reactor |
Enrico Fermi |
1942 |
|
Law of electrolytic dissociation |
Faraday |
— |
|
Thermionic emission |
Edison |
— |
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