Inventions & Discoveries

This article gives out the list of inventions and discoveries made by some of the revolutionary inventors which helped shape the world.

Introduction:

The list of Inventions and Discoveries is also an important topic to study and include in competitive exam syllabus. Invention is a creative work that is to solve problems. It will come after many failures and trials, where finally the inventor finds the best solution. Some of the inventions can be life changing for all of us on this earth. They change our daily life and make it easier to do our work.

What are Inventions and Discoveries?

Inventions & Discoveries is a type of in-depth question that are asked in various competitive examinations to test the candidate’s knowledge about the specific field of study.

The questions are usually based on a subject that is related to world history, current affairs and current events and also contain various aspects from those fields. Furthermore, these questions take into account all areas from the particular field of study.

So, it is important for candidates to keep themselves updated with all latest inventions and discoveries, as it can provide all their required information regarding their studies as well as their future careers.

List of some of Important Inventions and Discoveries:

Invention/Discovery

Name of the Inventor

Year of Invention

Automatic Calculator

Wilhelm Schickard

1623

Air Conditioner

Willis Carrier

1902

Anemometer

Leon Battista Alberti

1450

Animation

J. Stuart Blackton

Atom Bomb

Julius Robert Oppenheimer

1945

Aspirin

Dr. Felix Hoffman

1899

Airplane

Wilber and Orville Wright

1903

Adhesive tape

Richard G. Drew

1923

Bifocal Lens

Benjamin Franklin

1779

Barometer

Evangelista Torricelli

1643

Barbed Wire

Joseph F. Glidden

1873

Blood Group

Karl Lansdsteiner

1900s

Ball Point Pen

John Loud

Bicycle Tyres

John Boyd Dunlop

1888

Pedal Driven Bicycle

Kirkpatrick Macmillan

1839

Celluloid

Alexander Parkes

1861

Chloroform

Sir James Young Simpson

Cine Camera

Wm. Friese-Greene

1889

Circulation of blood

William Harvey

1628

Clock Mechanical

Hsing and Ling-Tsan

1725

Diesel Engine

Rudolf Diesel

1892

Centigrade Scale

Anders Celsius

1742

Chlorine

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

1774

Dynamite

Alfred B. Nobel

1867

Diesel Engine

Rudolf Diesel

1895

Electric stove/cooker

William S. Hadaway

1896

Electroscope

William Gilbert

1600s

Electric Fan

Schuyler Wheeler

1882

Electric Battery

Volta

1800

Elevator

Elisha G. Otis

1852

Electric Motor (DC)

Thomas Davenport

1873

Electromagnet

William Sturgeon

1824

Fountain Pen

Petrache Poenaru

1827

Fluorine

André-Marie Ampère

1810

Gramophone

Thomas Edison

1878

Hydrogen

Henry Cavendish

1766

Helicopter

Igor Sikorsky

1939

Hovercraft

Christopher Cockerell

1959

Hot Air Balloon

Josef & Etienne Montgolfier

1783

Helium

Jules Janssen

1868

Insulin

Sir Frederick Banting

1923

Jet Engine

Hans Von Ohain

1936

Lightning Conductor

Benjamin Franklin

1752

Locomotive

George Stephenson

1804

Laser

Theodore Maiman

1960

Light Bulb

Thomas Edison

1854

Motorcycle

Gottlieb Daimler

1885

Microscope

Zacharis Janssen

1590

Microphone

Alexander Graham Bell

1876

Machine Gun

Richard Gatling

1861

Neon Lamp

Georges Claude

1915

Oxygen

Joseph Priestley

1774

Ozone

Christian Schonbein

1839

Piano

Bartolomeo Cristofori

1700

Printing Press

Johannes Gutenberg

1440

Parachute

Louis-Sebastien Lenormand

1783

Polio Vaccine

Jonas Edward Salk

Periodic Table

Dmitri Mendeleev

1869

Penicillin

Alexander Fleming

1928

Pacemaker

Rune Elmqvist

1952

Petrol for Motor Car

Karl Benz

1885

Refrigerator

William Cullen

1748

Radium

Marie & Pierre Curie

1898

Rubber (vulcanized)

Charles Goodyear

1841

Rocket Engine

Robert H. Goddard

1926

Radio

Guglielmo Marconi

1894

Richter Scale

Charles Richter

1935

Ship (Turbine)

Charles Parsons

1894

Steam Ship

Robert Fulton

1807

Steam Boat

Robert Fulton

1786

Submarine

Cornelis Drebbel

1620

Stethoscope

Rene Laennec

1816

Saxophone

Adolphe Sax

1846

Sewing Machine

Elias Howe

1846

Steam-Powered Airship

Henri Giffard

1852

Soft Contact lenses

Otto Wichterle

1961

Synthesizer

Dr. Robert Arthur Moog

1964

Thermometer

Galileo

1593

Theory of Evolution

Charles Darwin

1858

Typewriter

Christopher Latham Sholes

Transistors

John Bardeen, William Shockley & Walter Brattain

1948

Telephone

Graham Bell

1874

Valve. Radio

Sir J.A Fleming

1904

Vacuum Cleaner

Hubert Cecil Booth

1901

Vitamin A

Frederick Gowland Hpokins

1912

Vitamin B

Christiaan Eijkman

1897

Vitamin C

Albert Szent-Gyorgi

Vitamin K

Henrik Dam

1929

Vitamin E

Herbert McLean Evans & Katherine Scott Bishop

 

Windshield wipers

Mary Anderson

1903

World Wide Web

Tim Berners Lee with Robert Cailliau 

1989

X-ray

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

1895

Xerox Machine

Chester Carlson

1928

Conclusion:

Inventions and discoveries have made our lives so much easier and convenient. From communication to transportation, we owe it all to these two inventions that have helped transform the world into a better place. But what is even more important is that inventions are an everlasting source of inspiration for inventors as well as for the society at large.

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