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 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.
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.
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
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 Moore	1971	U.S.A.
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.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Raymond Damadian	1971	U.S.A.
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
Pistol, Revolver	Colt	1836	U. S. A.
Plutonium Fission	Kennedy, Whal, Seaborg, Segre	1940	U.S.A.
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. Cohen	1972-73	U.S.A.
Refrigerator	James Harrison, Alexander catlin	1850	U.S.A.
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
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.
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, 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