| Invention |
Inventor |
country |
Year |
| Adhesive tape, Scotch |
Richard Drew |
United States of America |
1930 |
| calculus |
Newton |
Britain |
16703 |
| Airship(non-rigid) |
Henri Giffard |
France |
1852 |
| Cinema |
Nicolas and Jean Lumiere |
France |
1895 |
| automatic rifle |
John Browning |
United States of America |
1918 |
| Diesel engine |
Rudolf Diesel |
Germany |
1895 |
| Clock (Mechanical) |
I Hsing & Liang Ling Tsan |
China |
1725 |
| Acetylene Gas |
Berthelot |
France |
1862 |
| Tank |
Sir Emest D Swington |
Britain |
1914 |
| Air conditioning |
Carrier |
United States of America |
1902 |
| Tape recorder |
Fessenden Poulsen |
Denmark |
1899 |
| Artificial heart |
William Kolff |
Netherlands |
1957 |
| Cement (Portland) |
Joseph Aspdin |
Britain |
1824 |
| atomic theory |
Dalton |
Britain |
1803 |
| Disc brakes |
Dr. F Lanchester |
Britain |
1902 |
| Compact disc |
RCA |
United States of America |
1972 |
| Adding machine |
Pascal |
France |
1642 |
| Telephone, cellular |
Bell Labs |
United States of America |
1947 |
| Aeroplane, jet engine |
Ohain |
Germany |
1939 |
| Atomic bomb |
J Robert Oppenheimer |
United States of America |
1945 |
| Cloning, DNA |
Boyer, Cohen |
United States of America |
1973 |
| Aeroplane invented by |
Orville & Wilbur Wright |
United States of America |
1903 |
| Acetylene Gas |
Berthelot |
France |
1862 |
| Telegraph code |
Samuel FB Morse |
United States of America |
1837 |
| Aerosol spray |
Erik Rotheim |
Norway |
1926 |
| Telegraph |
M Lammond |
France |
1787 |
| atomic numbers |
atomic numbers |
Britain |
1913 |
| ballistic missile |
Wernher von Braun |
Germany |
1944 |
| Telephone (perfected) |
Alexander Graham Bell |
United States of America |
1876 |
| bicycle |
Kirkpatrick Macmillan |
Britain |
1839-40 |
| Telescope invented by |
Hans Lippershey |
Netherlands |
1608 |
| ballpoint pen |
John J loud |
United States of America |
1888 |
| Telephone (imperfect) |
Telephone (imperfect) |
Italy |
1849 |
| Bakelite |
Leo H Baekeland |
Belgium |
1907 |
| barometer |
Evangelista Torricelli |
Italy |
1644 |
| Television (mechanical) |
John Logie Baird |
Britain |
1926 |
| bicycle tyres(pneumatic) |
John Boyd Duniop |
Britain |
1888 |
| Television (electronic) |
P.T Farnsworth |
United States of America |
1927 |
| Bunsen Burner |
R. Willhelm von Bunsen |
Germany |
1855 |
| Television, colour |
ohn Logie Baird |
Britain |
1928 |
| balloon invented by |
Jacques & Joseph Montgolfier |
France |
1783 |
| battery(electric) |
Alessandro Volta |
Italy |
1800 |
| Transformer |
Michael Faraday |
Britain |
1831 |
| bifocal lens |
Benjamin Franklin |
United States of America |
1780 |
| Transistor |
Bardeen, Shockley & Brattain |
United States of America |
1948 |
| burglar alarms |
Edwin T. Holmes |
United States of America |
1858 |
| Transistor radio |
Sony |
Japan |
1955 |
| bleaching powder |
Tennant |
Britain |
1798 |
| canned food |
Appert |
France |
1804 |
| Cassette, Audio |
Philips co. |
Holland |
1963 |
| Chemotheraphy |
Ehrlich |
Germany |
1909 |
| Disc, video |
Phillips co |
Holland |
1972 |
| Electric flat iron |
H.W. Seeley |
United States of America |
1882 |
| Carburettor |
Gottlieb Daimler |
Germany |
1876 |
| Celluloid |
Alexander Parkes |
Britain |
1861 |
| Chronometer |
John Harrison |
Britain |
1735 |
| DNA, structure |
Crick-UK,Watson-US,Wilkins-UK |
|
1951 |
| Chemotheraphy |
Ehrlich |
Germany |
1909 |
| camera, Kodak |
Walker Eastman |
United States of America |
1888 |
| car(Petrol) |
Karl Benz |
Germany |
1888 |
| Electric lamp |
Thomas alva Edison |
United States of America |
1879 |
| Dynamo |
Hypolite Pixii |
France |
1832 |
| Car(Steam) |
Nicolas Cugnot |
France |
1769 |
| Cassette videotape |
Sony |
Japan |
1969 |
| electric motor (DC) |
Zenobe Gramme |
Belgium |
1873 |
| Facsimile machine |
Alexander Bain |
Britain |
1843 |
| Compact disc player |
Sony, Philips co |
Japan, Netherlands |
1979 |
| Electric motor (AC) |
Nikola Tesla |
United States of America |
1888 |
| Fibre-optics |
Kepany |
Britain |
1955 |
| Cloning, mammal |
Wilmut, et al |
UK |
1996 |
| Film (moving outlines) |
Louise Prince |
France |
1885 |
| Electric iron |
Henry W.Seely |
United States of America |
1882 |
| Computer, laptop |
Sinclair |
Britain |
1987 |
| Film (talking) |
J. Engl, J.Mussolle & H Vogt |
Germany |
1922 |
| Glider invented by |
Sir George Cayley |
Britain |
1853 |
| Computer,mini |
Digital corp |
United States of America |
1960 |
| Film (musical sound) |
Dr Le de forest |
United States of America |
1923 |
| Electric washing machine |
Alva J Fisher |
United States of America |
1906 |
| Galvanometer |
Andre-Marie Ampere |
France |
1834 |
| Crossword puzzle |
Arthur Wynne |
United States of America |
1913 |
| Floppy disk |
IBM |
United States of America |
1970 |
| Electromagnet |
William Sturgeon |
Britain |
1824 |
| HIV |
Martagnier |
France |
1984 |
| CT Scan |
Hounsfield |
Britain |
1973 |
| Electron |
Thomson J |
Britain |
1897 |
| Frequency modulation |
EH Armstrong |
United States of America |
1933 |
| Helicopter |
Etinne Oehmichen |
France |
1984 |
| Gramophone |
Thomas Alva Edison |
United States of America |
1878 |
| Jet engine |
Sir Frank Whittle |
Britain |
1937 |
| Electroplating |
Luigi Brugnatelli |
Italy |
1805 |
| Frisbee |
Fred Morrisson |
United States of America |
1948 |
| Holography |
Denis Gason |
Britain |
1947 |
| Laser |
Theodore Maiman |
United States of America |
1960 |
| Electronic computer |
Dr Alan M turning |
Britain |
1824 |
| Fountain pen |
Lewis E. Waterman |
United States of America |
1884 |
| Hydrogen bomb |
Edward Teller |
United States of America |
1952 |
| Launderette |
J.F. Cantrell |
United States of America |
1934 |
| Machine gun |
Richard Gatling |
Britain |
1718 |
| Intelligence testing |
Simon Binet |
France |
1905 |
| Lift (mechanical) |
Elisha G Otis |
United States of America |
1852 |
| Magnetic recording tape |
Fritz Pfleumer |
Germany |
1928 |
| Neon lamp |
George Claude |
France |
1910 |
| Optical fibre |
Narinder Kapany |
Germany |
1955 |
| Lightning conductor |
Benjamin Franklin |
United States of America |
1752 |
| Match, safety |
John Walker |
Britain |
1826 |
| Locomotive |
Richard Trevithick |
Britain |
1804 |
| Neutron |
Chadwick |
Britain |
1932 |
| Microphone |
Alexander Graham Bell |
United States of America |
1876 |
| Paper AD 105 |
|
China |
|
| Logarithms |
Napier |
Britain |
1614 |
| Neutron bomb |
Samuel Cohan |
United States of America |
1958 |
| Microprocessor |
Robert Noyce & Gordon Moore |
United States of America |
1971 |
| Pacemaker |
Pacemaker |
United States of America |
1952 |
| Loom, power |
E cartwright |
Britain |
1785 |
| Nylon |
Dr Wallace H Carothers |
United States of America |
1937 |
| Microscope,comp |
Z.Janssen |
Netherlands |
1590 |
| Pasteurization |
Lewis Pasteur |
France |
1867 |
| Loudspeaker |
Horace Short |
Britain |
1900 |
| Pencil |
Lacques Nicolas Conte |
France |
1792 |
| Microscopes, elect |
Ruska Knoll |
Germany |
1931 |
| Quantum theory |
Plank |
Germany |
1900 |
| Periodic table |
Mendeleyev |
Russia |
1869 |
| Microwave oven |
Percy LeBaron Spencer |
United States of America |
1947 |
| Radar |
AH Taylor and Leo C Young |
United States of America |
1922 |
| Photocopier |
Carlson |
United States of America |
1938 |
| Radiocarbon dating |
Libby |
United States of America |
1947 |
| Motorcycle |
G. Daimler |
Germany |
1885 |
| Radio telegrapy |
Dr Mohlon Loomis |
United States of America |
1864 |
| Photoelectric cell |
Julius Elster, Hans F Geitel |
Germany |
1893 |
| Movie projector |
Thomas Edison |
United States of America |
1593 |
| Radio telegrapy (trans Atlantic) |
G Marconi |
Italy |
1901 |
| Photo film, celluloid |
Reichenbach |
United States of America |
1893 |
| MRI |
Damadian |
United States of America |
1971 |
| Photography (on paper) |
W.H. Fox Talbot |
Britain |
1835 |
| Rayon |
Sir Joseph Swan |
Britain |
1883 |
| Photo film, transparent |
Goodwin Eastman |
United States of America |
1884 |
| Razor (electric) |
Col Jacob Schick |
United States of America |
1931 |
| Photography (on metal) |
J.N. Niepce |
France |
1826 |
| Safety pin |
Walter Hunt |
United States of America |
1849 |
| Razor (safety) |
King C Gillette |
United States of America |
1895 |
| Photography (on film) |
John Carbutt |
United States of America |
1888 |
| Safety razor |
King camp Gillette |
United States of America |
1903 |
| Refrigerator |
James Harrison, Alexandre catlin |
United States of America |
1850 |
| Piano |
Cristofori |
Italy |
1709 |
| Seatbelt |
Volvo |
Sweden |
1959 |
| Relativity theory |
Einstein |
Germany |
1905 |
| Pistol, revolver |
Colt |
United States of America |
1836 |
| Self-starter |
Charles F Kettering |
United States of America |
1911 |
| Rubber (latex foam) |
Dunlop Rubber Co. |
Britain |
1928 |
| Plutonium fission |
Kennedy, whal,Seaborg,Segre |
United States of America |
1940 |
| Ship (steam) |
IC Perier |
France |
1775 |
| Rubber (Tyres) |
Thomas Hancock |
Britain |
1846 |
| Pop-up toaster |
Charles Strite |
United States of America |
1927 |
| Ship (turbine |
Hon Sir C Parson |
Britain |
1894 |
| Rubber (Vulcanised) |
Charles Goodyear |
United States of America |
1841 |
| Printing press |
Johann Gutenberg |
Germany |
1455 |
| Silk manufacture |
50 BC |
China |
|
| Rubber (waterproof) |
Charles Macintosh |
Britain |
1823 |
| Printing (rotatory) |
Richard Hoe |
United States of America |
1846 |
| Skyscraper |
W Le Baron Jenny |
United States of America |
1882 |
| Printing (Web) |
William Bullock |
United States of America |
1865 |
| Slide rule |
William Oughtred |
Britain |
1621 |
| Washing machine(elec) |
Hurley Machine co |
United States of America |
1907 |
| Proton |
Rutherford |
New Zealand |
1919 |
| Spinning frame |
Sir Richard Arkwright |
Britain |
1769 |
| Watch |
Bartholomew Manfredi |
Italy |
1462 |
| Spinning Jenny |
JamesHargreaves |
Britain |
1764 |
| Welder (electric) |
Elisha Thomson |
United States of America |
1877 |
| Steam Engine(Condenser) |
James Watt |
Britain |
1765 |
| Windmill |
Persian corn grinding |
|
600 |
| Spinning Mule |
Samuel Crompton |
Britain |
1779 |
| Uranium fission, atomic reactor |
Szilard Fermi |
United States of America |
1942 |
| Steam Engine |
Thomas Savery |
Britain |
1698 |
| Vacuum cleaner |
Spangler |
United States of America |
1907 |
| Steam Engine(Piston) |
Newcomen |
Britain |
1712 |
| Videotape |
Charles Ginsberg |
United States of America |
1956 |
| Steel(Stainless) |
Harry Brealey |
Britain |
1913 |
| Velcro(hook-and-loop-fastner) |
Geprges de Mestral |
Switzerland |
1948 |
| Stethoscope |
Laennec |
French |
1819 |
| Wireless (telegraph the) |
G Marconi |
Italy |
1896 |
| Submarine |
David Bushnell |
United States of America |
1776 |
| x-ray |
W.K Roentgen |
Geremany |
1895 |
| Super Computer |
J.H Van Tassel |
United States of America |
1976 |
| Zip Fastener |
W.L Judson |
United States of America |
1891 |
| Synthesiser |
Moog |
United States of America |
1964 |
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