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Inventions & Discoveries-Very Useful To All of Us
Inventions & Discoveries-Very Useful To All of Us
Inventions & Discoveries-Very Useful To All of Us
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DDT : Othmar Zeidler, Germany, 1874.
Detector, Metal : Gerhard Fisher, Germany/U.S.A., late 1920s.
Deuterium : (heavy hydrogen) Harold Urey, U.S.A., 1931.
DNA : (deoxyribonucleic acid) Friedrich Meischer, Germany, 1869;
(determination of double-helical structure) F. H. Crick, England and James
D. Watson, U.S.A., 1953.
Dye : William H. Perkin, England, 1856.
Dynamite : Alfred Nobel, Sweden, 1867.
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Genetic Engineering : Stanley N. Cohen, Herbert W. Boyer, U.S.A., 1973.
Gravitation, Law of : Sir Issac Newton, England, c.1665 (published 1687).
Gunpowder : China, c.700.
Gyrocompass : Elmer A. Sperry, U.S.A., 1905.
Gyroscope : Jean Leon Foucault, France, 1852.
Jet Propulsion : (engine) Sir Frank Whittle, England, Hans von Ohain,
Germany, 1936; (aircraft) Heinkel He 178, 1939.
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Neutron : James Chadwick, England, 1932.
Nuclear Fission : Otto Hahn, Fritz Strassmann, Germany, 1938.
Nuclear Reactor : Enrico Fermi, Italy, et al., 1942.
Nylon : Wallace H. Carothers, U.S.A., 1937.