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Famous Scientists Inventions

Period
Archimedean principle, famous theory of buoyancy
287-212
Archimedes and many mathematical and mechanical discoveries.
BC
You can read more in detail on Archimedes inventions
Electromagnetic theory of light and electromagnetic
Heinrich Hertz 1857-1894
waves.
Andre Marie Ampere 1775-1836 Unit of measurement to measure electric current
Avogadro's Law, that is, "equal volumes of different
Amedeo Avogadro 1776-1856 gases, pressure and temperature being equal, contain
the same number of molecules".
Neils Hendrik David
1885-1962 Bohr Model of Atom
Bohr
Letterpress printing press also known as mechanical
Johannes Gutenberg 398-1468
printing press.
Theory of Relativity, photoelectric effect and lots
Albert Einstein 1879-1955
more
Rudolf Diesel 1858-1913 Combustion engine.
Wilhelm Conrad
1845-1923 X-ray
Rontgen
Karl Friedrich von
1785-1851 Bicycle
Drais
Peter Henlein 1479-1542 Pocket Watch
Ferdinand Verbiest 1623-1688 Verbiest invented the first ever car.
Graham Bell 1847-1922 Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone.
Philipp Reis 1834-1874 Reis is known for the early invention of telephone
John Logie Baird invented the television. You can
John Logie Baird 1888-1946
read more on invention of television
Werner von Siemens 1816-1892 Dynamo
Hans von Ohain 1911-1998 Jet engine
Artur Fischer 1919 Fischertechnik
Felix Hoffmann 1868-1946 Aspirin
Hugo Junkers 1859-1935 Civilian avion
Otto Lilienthal 1848-1896 Gliding flights
Melitta Bentz 1873-1950 Coffee Filter
First 'working' computer. You can read more on the
Konrad Zuse 1910-1995 original idea of computers and also about Charles
Babbage who invented the computer.
Gottlieb Daimler 1834-1900 Automobile and internal combustion machine
Isolation of Bacillus anthracis, tuberculosis bacteria
Robert Koch 1843-1910 and Vibrio cholerae. Also known for his Koch's
postulates.
Karlheinz
1954 MP3 Technology
Brandenburg
Heinrich Gobel 1818-1893 Incandescent light bulb
Creation of alternative medicine practice called
Samuel Hahnemann 1755-1843
Homeopathy
Heinrich Focke 1890-1979 Helicopter
Levi Strauss 1829-1902 Jeans
Nuclear fission and known as the 'father of nuclear
Otto Hahn 1879-1968
chemistry'.
First person to draw the periodic table of chemical
Julius Lothar Meyer 1830-1895
elements
Emil Berliner 1851-1929 Record Player
Rudolf Hell 1901-2002 Formulated technology for Scanner and Fax
Fritz Pfleumer 1881-1945 Audio tape
Electric light bulb. You can read more on Thomas
Thomas Edison 1847-1931
Edison inventions
Elias Howe 1819-1867 Sewing machine
Laszlo Jozsef Bíro 1899-1985 Ballpoint pen
Garrett Augustus Traffic signal, respiratory protective mask (gas mask),
1877-1963
Morgan hair straightening preparation.
Samuel F. B. Morse 1791-1872 Telegraph invention
Percy Spencer 1894-1970 Microwave oven
Orville Wright, 1871-1948,
Airplane invention
Wilbur Wright 1867-1912
One of the founding fathers of America, Franklin is
Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790
attributed to have invented electricity
oImportant Days related to Science:

World Earth Day- April 22nd

World Astronomy Day- 2nd May 2009

24th April 2010

National Science day- 28th February

World Environment Day- 5th June

World Population Day- 11th July

International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer- 16th September

National Pollution Prevention Day- 2nd December

World Energy Day- 14th December

National Technology Day- 11th May

Teachers' Day- 5th September

World Water Day- 22nd March