Discovery and INVENTION
Sl
Discovery / Invention Inventor / Name Country Year
no.
Wright Brothers (Orville and
1. Aeroplane USA 1903
Wilbur Wright)
2. Animation J. Stuart Blackton England 1906
3. Atom Bomb Otto Hahn Germany 1938
4. Automatic Calculator Wilhelm Schickard Germany 1623
5. Aspirin Dr. Felix Hoffman Germany 1899
6. Adhesive tape Richard Gurley Drew USA 1923
7. Air Brake George Westinghouse USA 1872
8. Achromatic Lens John Dollond England 1758
ARPANET, (the
9. Leonard Kleinrock USA 1969
precursor to the Internet)
Automobile, internal
10. combustion (gasoline- Karl Benz Germany 1885
powered)
11. Air Conditioner Willis Carrier USA 1902
12. Anemometer Leon Battista Alberti Itay 1450
******************************************************************
13. Bicycle Tyres John Boyd Dunlop Scotland 1888
Laszlo and George Biro
14. Ball Point Pen Hungary 1884
(Biro Brothers)
15. Bifocal Lens Benjamin Franklin USA 1779
16. Barometer Evangelista Torricelli Italy 1643
17. Barbed Wire Joseph F. Glidden USA 1873
18. Blood Group Karl Lansdsteiner Austria 1900s
19. Bosons Satyendra Nath Bose Indian 1924
20. Bicycle (Pedal Driven) Kirkpatrick Macmillan Scotland 1839
*****************************************************************
21. Chlorine Carl Wilhelm Scheele Sweden / Germany 1774
, 22. Centigrade Scale Anders Celsius Sweden 1742
23. Clock Mechanical Hsing and Ling-Tsan China 1725
24. Circulation of blood William Harvey UK / England 1628
25. Cine Camera Wm. Friese-Greene UK / England 1889
26. Chloroform Sir James Young Simpson UK / Scotland 1847
27. Celluloid Alexander Parkes UK / England 1861
28. Cinema Lumiere Brothers France 1895
29. Coloured Photography Lippman USA 1891
******************************************************************
30. Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel Germany 1892
31. Dynamite Alfred B. Nobel Sweden 1867
32. Dynamo Michael Faraday UK / England 1831
******************************************************************
33. Electric Battery Alessandro Volta Italy 1800
34. Electricity Michael Faraday UK / England 1831
35. Elevator Elisha G Otis USA 1861
36. Electric stove/cooker William S. Hadaway USA 1896
37. Electroscope William Gilbert UK / England 1600s
38. Electric Fan Schuyler Wheeler USA 1882
39. ElectricShaver Jacob Schick USA 1930
40. Electric Motor (DC) Thomas Davenport USA 1873
41. Electromagnet William Sturgeon UK 1824
42. Electric Chair Thomas Edison USA 1888
Electric Lamp/Bulb (by
43. using "a carbon Thomas Alva Edison USA 1879
filament”)
******************************************************************
44. Fountain Pen Lewis Waterman USA 1884
Sl
Discovery / Invention Inventor / Name Country Year
no.
Wright Brothers (Orville and
1. Aeroplane USA 1903
Wilbur Wright)
2. Animation J. Stuart Blackton England 1906
3. Atom Bomb Otto Hahn Germany 1938
4. Automatic Calculator Wilhelm Schickard Germany 1623
5. Aspirin Dr. Felix Hoffman Germany 1899
6. Adhesive tape Richard Gurley Drew USA 1923
7. Air Brake George Westinghouse USA 1872
8. Achromatic Lens John Dollond England 1758
ARPANET, (the
9. Leonard Kleinrock USA 1969
precursor to the Internet)
Automobile, internal
10. combustion (gasoline- Karl Benz Germany 1885
powered)
11. Air Conditioner Willis Carrier USA 1902
12. Anemometer Leon Battista Alberti Itay 1450
******************************************************************
13. Bicycle Tyres John Boyd Dunlop Scotland 1888
Laszlo and George Biro
14. Ball Point Pen Hungary 1884
(Biro Brothers)
15. Bifocal Lens Benjamin Franklin USA 1779
16. Barometer Evangelista Torricelli Italy 1643
17. Barbed Wire Joseph F. Glidden USA 1873
18. Blood Group Karl Lansdsteiner Austria 1900s
19. Bosons Satyendra Nath Bose Indian 1924
20. Bicycle (Pedal Driven) Kirkpatrick Macmillan Scotland 1839
*****************************************************************
21. Chlorine Carl Wilhelm Scheele Sweden / Germany 1774
, 22. Centigrade Scale Anders Celsius Sweden 1742
23. Clock Mechanical Hsing and Ling-Tsan China 1725
24. Circulation of blood William Harvey UK / England 1628
25. Cine Camera Wm. Friese-Greene UK / England 1889
26. Chloroform Sir James Young Simpson UK / Scotland 1847
27. Celluloid Alexander Parkes UK / England 1861
28. Cinema Lumiere Brothers France 1895
29. Coloured Photography Lippman USA 1891
******************************************************************
30. Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel Germany 1892
31. Dynamite Alfred B. Nobel Sweden 1867
32. Dynamo Michael Faraday UK / England 1831
******************************************************************
33. Electric Battery Alessandro Volta Italy 1800
34. Electricity Michael Faraday UK / England 1831
35. Elevator Elisha G Otis USA 1861
36. Electric stove/cooker William S. Hadaway USA 1896
37. Electroscope William Gilbert UK / England 1600s
38. Electric Fan Schuyler Wheeler USA 1882
39. ElectricShaver Jacob Schick USA 1930
40. Electric Motor (DC) Thomas Davenport USA 1873
41. Electromagnet William Sturgeon UK 1824
42. Electric Chair Thomas Edison USA 1888
Electric Lamp/Bulb (by
43. using "a carbon Thomas Alva Edison USA 1879
filament”)
******************************************************************
44. Fountain Pen Lewis Waterman USA 1884
