Inventions – Inventors
Ami Argand (1750–1803), France – Argand lamp
Automobile- Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler- 1885
Anatoly Alexandrov (1903–1994), Russia – anti-mine demagnetising of ships, naval nuclear reactors
(including one for the first nuclear icebreaker)
Joseph Aspdin (1788–1855), UK – Portland cement
Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC), Greece – Archimedes’ screw
Barbie doll- Ruth Handler- 1959
Bruce Ames (born 1928), USA – Ames test (cell biology)
Basketball game- James Naismith- 1891
Roger Bacon (1214–1292), UK – magnifying glass
John Logie Baird (1888–1946), Scotland – an electromechanical television, electronic color television
Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), UK, Canada, and USA – telephone
Battery- Alessandro Volta- 1800
Blue jeans- Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis- 1873
Braille typewriter- Frank Haven Hall- 1892
Maria Christina Bruhn (1732–1802), Sweden – Gunpowder
Bubble gum- Walter Diemer- 1928
Jagdish Chandra Bose (1858–1937), India – Crescograph
Bunsen burner- Robert Wilhelm Bunsen- 1855
Camera- Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre- 1837
Chester Carlson (1906–1968), USA – Xerography
Chewing gum- Thomas Adams- 1870
Coca-Cola- John Pemberton- 1886
Georges Claude (1870–1960), France – neon lamp
Computers- Konrad Zuse- 1936
Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655–1731), Italy – piano
Cotton candy- William Morrison and John C Wharton- 1897
Cotton Gin- Eli Whitney- 1794
James Dewar (1842–1923), UK – Thermos flask
Dishwasher- Joel Houghton- 1850
Electric iron- Henry W Seeley- 1882
Douglas Engelbart (1925–2013), USA – the computer mouse
Escalator- Jesse W Reno- 1891
Brendan Eich (born 1961), USA – JavaScript (programming language)
Julius Fromm (1883–1945), Germany – first seamless Condom
Fountain pen- Lewis E Waterman- 1884
Enrico Fermi (1901–1954), Italy – nuclear reactor
John Heysham Gibbon (1903–1973), USA – Heart-lung machine
Light Bulb (first electric light)- Humphry Davy- 1809
Norman Gaylord (1923–2007), USA – rigid gas-permeable contact lens
Light Bulb (first bulb that burned for forty hours)- Thomas Alva Edison- 1879
Charles Goodyear (1800–1860), USA – vulcanization of rubber
Paper clip- Johann Vaaler- 1890
Penicillin- Alexander Fleming- 1928
Potato chips- George Crum- 1853
Printing machine- Johannes Gutenberg- 1440
Refrigerator- Oliver Evans- 1805
Sewing Machine- Barthelemy Thimonnier- 1830
Steam Engine- James Watt- 1765
Reynold B. Johnson (1906–1998), USA – Hard disk drive
Telephone- Alexander Graham Bell- 1876
Steve Kirsch (born 1956), USA – Optical mouse
Television- Paul Nipkow- 1884
James Hargreaves (1720–1778), UK – spinning jenny
Toilet paper- Joseph Gayetty- 1857
Typewriter- Christopher Latham Sholes- 1867
Vacuum cleaner- John S Thurman- 1899
Rowland Hill (1795–1879), UK – postage stamp
Elias Howe (1819–1867), USA – sewing machine
Zipper- Whitcomb L Judson- 1893
Chuck Hull (born 1939), USA – 3D printer
John Napier (1550–1617), Scotland – logarithms