List of Important Inventions by Countries

Invention is the creation of anything by using modern ideologies and technologies and solving specific problems. The inventor thinks of a unique solution to the problem and creates a great innovation to solve that particular purpose of the invention. While the inventions change the world, they also show the country’s dominance in the field of technology in which the invention took place. For example, China is credited with inventing things such as paper currency and firearms.

Inventions by different countries

China

• The first invention in China in the seventh century was the paper currency. Paper currency is one of China’s most important inventions as paper currency has been adopted worldwide. Usage of paper currency is still a very prominent practice.

• In the 11th century, China had another great invention, the navigational compass. The navigational compass changed sailing and travelling worldwide, and Navigational compasses are still in use today.

• Then the other invention in the 12th century in China was firearms. Firearms became a major aspect in shaping the world as it seems today. Even in the present day, firearms are a major part of socio-political life; often, firearms determine a country’s power.

Italy 

• Italy got a great invention in 1280, that was glasses.

• Then in 1335, Italy got another invention – The mechanical clock.

• The viola and cello were invented in the late 15th and 16th centuries.

•  The violin was invented in the early 16 century.

•  The thermometer was Invented in the year 1593 by Galileo Galilei.

• Then another great invention was made in 1643 by Evangelista Torricelli, a barometer.

• The telephone was then invented and credited to the great Alexander graham bell. Yet, later, the invention was recognised as Italian Antonio Meucci’s invention as early as 1849.

Germany

• Printing Press (c. 1440) was invented by Johannes Gutenberg.

• In 1510 Pocket watch was Invented by Peter Henlein.

Poland and Netherlands 

• Daniel Gabriel from the Netherlands introduced the great invention of the Fahrenheit mercury thermometer in 1917. 

• Another invention in the year 1595 was the Microscope which Zacharias Janssen invented.

Belgium

• Newspaper

• Saxophone

• Plastics

France

• Adding machine

• Pressure cooker

• Hot air balloon

• Parachute

• Submarine

• Ambulance service

• Photography

• Airship

• Helicopter

• Animation

• Cinema

Netherlands

• Microscope

• Telescope

• Pendulum clock

• Mercury thermometer

• Audio tape

• Videotape

• CD

• CD-ROM

United Kingdom

• Postage stamp

• Fire extinguisher

• Magazine

• Steam engine

• Refrigerator

• Gas turbine

• Alternating current

• Light bulb

• Vaccination

• Locomotive

• Railway

• Lawnmower

• Gas stove/cooker

• Negative & colour photography

• Synthetic dye

• Metro/Subway

• Antiseptic surgery

• Antibiotics (first broad-range)

• Radio

• Loudspeaker

• Jet engine

• Video Games

Russia

• Parachute 

• Tramway (electric)

• Radio (receiver)

• Tube TV

• Helicopter

• Antibiotics (first peptide)

Inventions in chronological order 

Telescope

• Another inventor invented astronomical lenses in Sweden in the late 11th century.

• Then, in the 13th century, Francis Bacon introduced experimental telescopes in the United Kingdom.

• In 1595, Refracting telescope was invented in (the Netherlands)

• Then in 1609, Galileo improved the invention in a more modified way in Italy.

Calculator

• In 1623, Wilhelm Schickard invented the automatic calculator in Germany.

•  Blaise Pascal then invented adding the machine  in (France) in the year 1642

• In the year 1954, IBM invented another great invention that was the electronic calculator in (the USA)

Refrigerator

•  In 1748, The first known method of artificial refrigeration was indicated by William Cullen, the first person to show the first available method of artificial refrigeration in (Scotland).

• Then in 1805, Oliver Evans invented the first refrigerator in (the USA).

• In 1842, John Gorrie introduced an amazing invention: the first refrigeration water system to make ice (Scotland-USA).

• In 1848: Alexander Twining developed the first commercial vapour-compression refrigerator. (USA). In 1856, this invention was commercialised.

Parachute 

• In 1785, Jean Pierre Blanchard created the first modern parachute.

• In 1911, Gleb Kotelnikov invented the knapsack parachute in (Russia).

• Then in 1786, John fitch invented the first steamboat in the United States.

Antibiotics 

• In Germany in 1911, Paul Ehrlich developed the antibiotic drug Arsphenamine, the first effective treatment for syphilis, which Hoechst AG marketed under the trade name “Salvarsan.” 

• In 1928 in Britain: Alexander Fleming discovered the antibacterial effects of penicillium mould. 1940-41: Howard Florey devised a method of mass-producing penicillin. 

• 1942: Gramicidin S, the first peptide antibiotic, is discovered by microbiologist Georgyi Frantsevitch Gause and his wife, Maria Brazhnikova. (Russia)

Other Important Inventions By Countries and their Inventors

• The  Einkommende Zeitungen invented the daily newspaper (1645, Germany) in Leipzig.

• Christiaan Huygens invented the pendulum clock in the year 1657 in the Netherlands.

• Denis Papin invented the pressure cooker in 1679 in France.

• Postage stamps were invented in England in the year 1680. The adhesive stamp was invented in 1840 in Britain.

• Johann Christoph Denner invented the clarinet in 1690 in Germany.

• The steam engine was invented by Thomas Savery in 1698 and improved by James Watt in 1769 in the UK.

• Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano in Florence in early 1700 Italy.

• The fire extinguisher was patented in England in 1723 by Ambrose Godfrey.

• The Magazine was invented in England in 1731. The first world’s general magazine was The Gentleman’s Magazine.

Conclusion

The above mentioned are some of the innovative creations by the great inventors of different countries. All the inventions have been discussed above with categorisation by various inventors and countries. These inventions have made working easier, and now, in today’s world, everyone is using them in a modified version. Innovations like the paper currency changed the world.