Johannes Gutenberg | Printing Press | ||
Heinrich Rudolph Hertz | Electromagnetic theory of light and electromagnetic waves. Radio and electrical frequencies (Hz) | ||
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen | Electro Magnetic Radiations or X-Ray | ||
Alfred Nobel | Dynamite | ||
Eli Whitney | Milling machine and cotton gin | ||
Mary Anderson | Windshield wipers | ||
Wilber and Orville Wright (Wright Brothers) | Airplanes | ||
Archimedes | Archimedes screw, a device used to raise the water level, explained the principle behind levers, Archimedes principle, accurate value of the 'pi' and many more | ||
Richard G. Drew | Adhesive tape | ||
Peter Henlein | Pocket watch | ||
Sir Isaac Newton | Discovered gravity and also invented the reflecting telescope | ||
John Napier | Logarithms, Napier Bones and decimal point | ||
Jacques Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan | Aqualungs | ||
Thomas Newcomen | Atmospheric steam engine | ||
Karl Friedrich von Drais | Bicycle, typewriter with keyboard and wood saving cooker | ||
Alexander Graham Bell | Telephone | ||
Willis Carrier | Air conditioner | ||
Jean Nollet (Also known as Abbe Nollet) | Electroscope | ||
Ransome Eli Olds | Assembly line | ||
Earle Dickson | Band Aid | ||
James Naismith | Basketball | ||
Levi Strauss | Blue jeans | ||
Louis Braille | Braille for the blind | ||
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen | Bunsen burner | ||
Alfred Mosher Butts | Scrabble | ||
Sir Humphrey Davy | Miner's safety lamp or the Davy lamp | ||
Charles Richter | Richter magnitude scale for measuring earthquake | ||
Heinrich Göbel | Incandescent light bulb | ||
Jesse Langsdorf | Neck tie | ||
Thomas Edison | Phonograph and electric light bulb | ||
Benjamin Franklin | Lighting rod, bifocals, Franklin stove, glass armonica, swim fins, urinary catheter and also the carriage odometer | ||
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel | Diesel engine | ||
Otto von Guericke | Air pump or vacuum pump | ||
Galileo Galilei | Geometric compass, better 30X magnification telescope, 'invented' that the su nwas the center of the solar system and not the earth | ||
Nikola Tesla | AC motor and transformer, vacuum tube amplifier, Tesla coil, X-Ray technology | ||
Chester Carlson | Xerography photocopying | ||
Jacques Edwin Brandenberger | Cellophane | ||
Ruth Wakefield | Chocolate chips and chocolate chip cookies | ||
Leonardo da Vinci | Lens grinding machine, parachute, Strut bridge, automatic bobbin winder, and also machine for testing tensile strength of wires | ||
Abd al-Latif al Baghadadi | Ventilator | ||
Jagdish Chandra Bose | Crescograph | ||
C ai Lun | Paper and paper making process | ||
Evgeniy Chertovsky | Pressure suit | ||
Dr. John Stith Pemberton | Coca Cola | ||
Zacharias Janssen | Compound microscope | ||
Arthur Wynne | Crossword puzzle | ||
Charles Richard Drew | Blood bank | ||
Thomas Davenport | Electric streetcar | ||
Lala Balhumal Lahuri | Seamless globe, celestial globe | ||
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and K.N. Mathur | Bhatnagar-Mathur Magnetic Interference Balance | ||
Jesse W. Reno | Escalator | ||
Lewis E. Waterman | Fountain pen | ||
Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin | Guillotin | ||
Elias Howe | Sewing machine | ||
Ida Henrietta Hyde | Micro electrode | ||
Charles Mackintosh | Waterproof raincoat and life vest | ||
Edwin Beard Budding | Lawn mower | ||
Garrett Augustus Morgan | Traffic signal, gas mask and several other things | ||
Louis Pasteur | Pasteurization |
The blog is mainly a general knowledge page for all age groups who are interested in improving their knowledge. I have tried to make the explanations as simple as I can. I have made use of tht for gathering the facts.
Popular Posts
-
HIPPOCRATES Father of Medicine in the Western World. As we saw from the postings on Sushruta and Charakan, medicne and surgery was quite ...
-
DEAR ALL, SWAMI VIVEKANANDA JAYANTHI, JANUARY 12 2011 Swami Vivekananda was born in Calcutta (Now Kolkata) Monday in a traditional family...
-
Sangam Age in Tamil Kingdoms The history of the Tamil country becomes clear only from the Sangam period. The word Sangam means an assoc...
-
Ernest Rutherford Discovers the Structure of an Atom. 1911 Ernest Rutherford in academic garb. Courtesy Edgar Fahs Smith Mem...
-
The Rani of Jhansi Regiment was the Women's Regiment of the Indian National Army, the armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 ...
-
Arikamedu Pondicherry This is a historic site which has revealed ancient Roman artifacts that are evidence of the thriving trade that exist...
-
Serendip...WHAT? T he Kingdom of Serendip Once upon a time there was an oriental and exotic Kingdom called Serendip, the memory of whic...
-
History of Medicine The historic contribution of Sushruta ,(600-500BC) circa the ancient surgeon of India, is well recognised for his i...
-
FATHERS OF SURGERY AND MEDICINE 4200 BC -- CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL FATHER OF SURGERY -- ACHARYA SUSHRUTA FATHER OF MEDICINE -- ACHARYA CHA...
-
Brihdeshwar Temple has been declared as world heritage site in 1987 AD. The temple is located in the rice bowl district of Tamil Nadu, Than...
Popular Posts
-
HIPPOCRATES Father of Medicine in the Western World. As we saw from the postings on Sushruta and Charakan, medicne and surgery was quite ...
-
DEAR ALL, SWAMI VIVEKANANDA JAYANTHI, JANUARY 12 2011 Swami Vivekananda was born in Calcutta (Now Kolkata) Monday in a traditional family...
-
Sangam Age in Tamil Kingdoms The history of the Tamil country becomes clear only from the Sangam period. The word Sangam means an assoc...
-
Ernest Rutherford Discovers the Structure of an Atom. 1911 Ernest Rutherford in academic garb. Courtesy Edgar Fahs Smith Mem...
-
The Rani of Jhansi Regiment was the Women's Regiment of the Indian National Army, the armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 ...
-
Arikamedu Pondicherry This is a historic site which has revealed ancient Roman artifacts that are evidence of the thriving trade that exist...
-
Serendip...WHAT? T he Kingdom of Serendip Once upon a time there was an oriental and exotic Kingdom called Serendip, the memory of whic...
-
History of Medicine The historic contribution of Sushruta ,(600-500BC) circa the ancient surgeon of India, is well recognised for his i...
-
FATHERS OF SURGERY AND MEDICINE 4200 BC -- CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL FATHER OF SURGERY -- ACHARYA SUSHRUTA FATHER OF MEDICINE -- ACHARYA CHA...
-
Brihdeshwar Temple has been declared as world heritage site in 1987 AD. The temple is located in the rice bowl district of Tamil Nadu, Than...
Pages
Total Pageviews
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Some inventions and Inventors
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment