Scientific Inventions :: SSC , SBI preparation

Scientific Inventions..............................
Invention Inventor Year Country
Acetylene Gas Berthelot 1862 France
Adding Machine Pascal 1642 France
Adhesive Tape, Scotch Richard Drew 1930 U.S.A.
Adrenaline Schafer and Oliver 1894 Britain
Aeroplane Orville & Wilbur Wright 1903 U.S.A.
Aerosol Spray Erik Rotheim 1926 Norway
Air Conditioning Carrier 1902 U.S.A.
Airplane, Jet Engine Ohain 1939 Germany
Airship (non-rigid) Henri Giffard 1852 France
Anesthesia, Local Koller 1885 Austria
Anesthesia, Spinal Bier 1898 Germany
Anti-toxins (Science of Immunity) Behring & Kitasato 1890 Germany, Japan
Artificial Heart Willem Kolff 1957 Netherlands
Aspirin Dreser 1889 Germany
Atomic Bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer 1945 U.S.A.
Atomic Numbers Moseley 1913 Britain
Atomic Theory Dalton 1803 Britain
Automatic Rifle John Browning 1918 U.S.A.
Ayurveda 2000-1000 BC India
Bacteria Leeuwenhock 1683 Netherlands
Bacteriology Ferdinand Cohn 1872 Germany
Bakelite Leo H. Baekeland 1907 Belgium
Ball-Point Pen John J. Loud 1888 U.S.A.
Ballistic Missile Wemher von Braun 1944 Germany
Balloon Jacques & Joseph Montgolfier 1783 France
Barometer Evangelista Torricelli 1644 Italy
Battery (Electric) Alessandro Volta 1800 Italy
Bicyle Kirkpatrick Macmillan 1839-40 Britain
Bicyle Tyres (Pneumatic) John Boyd Dunlop 1888 Britain
Bifocal Lens Benjamin Franklin 1780 U.S.A.
Biochemistry Jan Baptista Van Helmont 1648 Belgium
Bleaching Powder Tennant 1798 Britain
Blood Plasma Storage (Blood Bank) Drew 1940 U.S.A.
Blood Transfusion Jean-Baptiste Denys 1625 France
Bunsen Burner R.Willhelm von Bunsen 1855 Germany
Burglar Alarm Edwin T. Holmes 1858 U.S.A.
Calculus Newton 1670 Britain
Camera, Kodak Walker Eastman 1888 U.S.A.
Canned Food Appert 1804 France
Car (Petrol) Kari Benz 1888 Germany
Car (Steam) Nicolas Cugnot 1769 France
Carburetor Gottlieb Daimler 1876 Germany
Cardiac Pacemaker A.S. Hyman 1932 U.S.A.
Cassette, Audio Philips Co. 1963 Holland
Cassette, Videotape Sony 1969 Japan
CAT Scanner Godfrey Hounsfield 1968 Britain
Celluloid Alexander Parkes 1861 Britain
Cement (Portland) Joseph Aspdin 1824 Britain
Chemotherapy Ehrlich 1909 Germany
Chemotherapy Paracelsus 1493-1541 Switzerland
Chloroform as Anaesthetic James Simpson 1847 Britain
Chloromycetin Burkholder 1947 U.S.A.
Cholera T. B. Germs Robert Koch 1877 Germany
Chronometer John Harrison 1735 Britain
Cinema Nicolas & Jean Lumiere 1895 France
Circulation of Blood William Harvey 1628 Britain
Clock (Mechanical) I-Hsing & Liang Ling-Tsan 1725 China
Clock (Pendulum) Christian Huygens 1656 Netherlands
Cloning, DNA Boyer, Cohen 1973 U.S.A.
Cloning, Mammal Wilmut, et al 1996 U.K.
Compact Disc RCA 1972 U.S.A.
Compact Disc Player Sony, Philips co 1979 Japan, Netherlands
Computer, Laptop Sinclair 1987 Britain
Computer, Mini Digital Corp. 1960 U.S.A.
Crossword Puzzle Arthur Wynne 1913 U.S.A.
Cryo-Surgery Henry Swan 1953 U.S.A.
CT Sacn Hounsfield 1973 Britain
Dating Libby 1947 U.S.A.
Diesel Engine Rudoff Diesel 1895 Germany
Diphtheria Germs Klebs & Loffler 1883-84 Germany Invention Inventor Year Country
Nylon Dr. wallace H. Carothers 1937 U.S.A.
Open Heart Surgery Walton Lilehel 1953 U.S.A.
Optical Fibre Narinder Kapany 1955 Germany
Oral Contraceptive Pills Gregory Pincus, Rock 1955 U.S.A.
Pacemaker Zoll 1952 U.S.A.
Paper A.D. 105 China
Pasteurization Louis Pasteur 1867 France
Pencil Lacques-Nicolas Conte 1792 France
Penicillin Alexander Fleming 1928 Britain
Periodic Table Mendeleyev 1869 Russia
Photo Film, Celluloid Reichenbach 1893 U.S.A.
Photo Film, Transparent Goodwin Eastman 1884 U.S.A.
Photocopier Carlson 1938 U.S.A.
Photoelectric Cell Julius Elster, Hans F. Geitel 1893 Germany.
Photography (on Film) John Carbutt 1888 U. S. A.
Photography (on Metal) J.N. Niepce 1826 France
Photography (on Paper) W.H. Fox Talbot 1835 Britain
Physiology Albrecht Von Haller 1757-66 Switzerland
Piano Cristofori 1709 Italy
Pistol, Revolver Colt 1836 U. S. A.
Plutonium Fission Kennedy, Whal, Seaborg, Segre 1940 U.S.A.
Pop-up toaster Charles Strite 1927 U.S.A.
Positron Emission Tomography Louis Sokoloff 1978 U.S.A.
Printing (Rotary) Richard Hoe 1846 U.S.A.
Printing (Web) William Bullock 1865 U.S.A.
Printing Press Johann Gutenberg 1455 Germany
Proton Rutherford 1919 N.Zealand
Quantum Theory Plank 1900 Germany
Rabies Vaccine Louis Pasteur 1860 France
Radar A. H. Taylor & Leo C. Young 1922 U.S.A.
Radio Telegraphy Dr. Mohlon Loomis 1864 U.S.A.
Radio Telegraphy (Trans Atlantic) G. Marconi 1901 Italy
Radiocarbon Libby 1947 U.S.A.
Rayon Sir Joseph Swan 1883 Britain
Razor (Electric) Col. Jacob Schick 1931 U.S.A.
Razor (Safety) King C. Gillette 1895 U.S.A.
Recombinant-DNA Technology Paul Berg. H.W.Boyer, S. Cohen 1972-73 U.S.A.
Refrigerator James Harrison, Alexander catlin 1850 U.S.A.
Relativity Theory Einstein 1905 Germany
Reserpine Jal Vakil 1949 India
Rh-factor Karl Landsteiner 1940 U.S.A.
Rubber (Latex Foam) Dunlop Rubber Co. 1928 Britain
Rubber (Tyres) Thomas Hancock 1846 Britain
Rubber (Vulcanised) Charles Goodyear 1841 U.S.A.
Rubber (Water Proof) Charles Macintosh 1823 Britain
Safety Pin Walter Hunt 1849 U.S.A.
Safety Razor King Camp Gillette 1903 U.S.A.
Seat Belt Volvo 1959 Sweden
Self-Starter Charles F. Kattering 1911 U.S.A.
Sex Hormones Eugen Steinach 1910 Austria
Ship (Steam) I. C. Perier 1775 France
Ship (Turbine) Hon. Sir C. Parsons 1894 Britain
Silk Manufacture 50 B.C. China
Skyscraper W. Le Baron Jenny 1882 U.S.A.
Slide Rule William Oughtred 1621 Britain
Small Pox Eradicated W.H.O. Declaration 1980 UN
Spinning Frame Sir Richard Arkwright 1769 Britain
Spinning Jenny James Hargreaves 1764 Britain
Spinning Mule Samuel Cromption 1779 Britain
Steam Engine Thomas Savery 1698 Britain
Steam Engine (Condenser) James Watt 1765 Britain
Steam Engine (Piston) Thomas Newcomen 1712 Britain
Steel (Stainless) Harry Brearley 1913 Britain
Stethoscope Laennec 1819 French
Stethoscope Rene Laennec 1819 France
Streptomycin Selman Waksman 1944 U.S.A.
Submarine David Bushnell 1776 U.S.A.
Super Computer J.H. Van Tassel 1976 U.S.A.
Synthesiser Moog 1964 U.S.A.
Synthetic Antigens Landsteiner 1917 U.S.A. Tank Sir Emest D. Swington 1914 Britain
Tape Recorder Fessenden Poulsen 1899 Denmark
Telegraph M. Lammond 1787 France
Telegraphe Code Samuel F.B. Morse 1837 U.S.A.
Telephone (Imperfect) Antonio Meucci 1849 Italy
Telephone (Perfected) Alexander Graham Bell 1876 U.S.A.
Telephone, Cellular Bell Labs 1947 U.S.A.
Telescope Hans Lippershey 1608 Netherlands
Television (Electronic) P.T. Farnsworth 1927 U.S.A.
Television (Mechanical) John Logie Baird 1926 Britain
Television, Colour John Logie Baird 1928 Britain
Terramycin Finaly & Others 1950 U.S.A.
Thyroxin Edward Calvin-Kendall 1919 U.S.A.
Transformer Michael Faraday 1831 Britain
Transistor Bardeen, Shockley & Britain 1948 U.S.A.
Transistor Radio Sony 1955 Japan
Tyhus Vaccine J. Nicolle 1909 France
Uranium Fission, Atomic reactor Szilard Femi 1942 U.S.A.
Vaccination Edward Jenner 1796 Britain
Vaccine, Measles Enders 1963 U.S.A.
Vaccine, Meningitis Gardon, et al. Connaught Lab 1987 U.S.A.
Vaccine, Polio Jonas Salk 1954 U.S.A.
Vaccine, Polio-oral Albert Sabin 1960 U.S.A.
Vaccine, Rabies Louis Pasteur 1885 France
Vaccine, Smallpox Jenner 1776 Britain
Vacuum Cleaner (Elec) Spangler 1907 U.S.A.
Velcro (hook-and-Ioop-fastener) Georges de Mestral 1948 Switzerland
Video Tape Charles Ginsberg 1956 U.S.A.
Virology Ivanovski & Bajernick 1892 USSR, Netherlands
Vitamin A Mc Collum and M. Davis 1913 U.S.A.
Vitamin B1 Minot & Murphy 1936 U.S.A.
Vitamin C Forelich Hoist 1919 Norway
Vitamin D Mc Collum 1925 U.S.A.
Vitamin K Doisy Dam 1938 U.S.A.
Washing Machine (Elec.) Hurley Machine Co. 1907 U.S.A.
Watch Bartholomew Manfredi 1462 Italy
Welder (Electric) Elisha Thomson 1877 U.S.A.
Western Cientific Therapy Hippocrates 460-370BC Greece
Windmill Persian corn grinding 600
Wireless (Telegraphy) G. Marconi 1896 Italy
X-ray W.K. Roentgen 1895 Germany
Yoga Patanjali 200-100 BC India
Zip Fastener W.L. Judson 1891 U.S.A                                  Nylon Dr. wallace H. Carothers 1937 U.S.A.
Open Heart Surgery Walton Lilehel 1953 U.S.A.
Optical Fibre Narinder Kapany 1955 Germany
Oral Contraceptive Pills Gregory Pincus, Rock 1955 U.S.A.
Pacemaker Zoll 1952 U.S.A.
Paper A.D. 105 China
Pasteurization Louis Pasteur 1867 France
Pencil Lacques-Nicolas Conte 1792 France
Penicillin Alexander Fleming 1928 Britain
Periodic Table Mendeleyev 1869 Russia
Photo Film, Celluloid Reichenbach 1893 U.S.A.
Photo Film, Transparent Goodwin Eastman 1884 U.S.A.
Photocopier Carlson 1938 U.S.A.
Photoelectric Cell Julius Elster, Hans F. Geitel 1893 Germany.
Photography (on Film) John Carbutt 1888 U. S. A.
Photography (on Metal) J.N. Niepce 1826 France
Photography (on Paper) W.H. Fox Talbot 1835 Britain
Physiology Albrecht Von Haller 1757-66 Switzerland
Piano Cristofori 1709 Italy
Pistol, Revolver Colt 1836 U. S. A.
Plutonium Fission Kennedy, Whal, Seaborg, Segre 1940 U.S.A.
Pop-up toaster Charles Strite 1927 U.S.A.
Positron Emission Tomography Louis Sokoloff 1978 U.S.A.
Printing (Rotary) Richard Hoe 1846 U.S.A.
Printing (Web) William Bullock 1865 U.S.A.
Printing Press Johann Gutenberg 1455 Germany
Proton Rutherford 1919 N.Zealand
Quantum Theory Plank 1900 Germany
Rabies Vaccine Louis Pasteur 1860 France
Radar A. H. Taylor & Leo C. Young 1922 U.S.A.
Radio Telegraphy Dr. Mohlon Loomis 1864 U.S.A.
Radio Telegraphy (Trans Atlantic) G. Marconi 1901 Italy
Radiocarbon Libby 1947 U.S.A.
Rayon Sir Joseph Swan 1883 Britain
Razor (Electric) Col. Jacob Schick 1931 U.S.A.
Razor (Safety) King C. Gillette 1895 U.S.A.
Recombinant-DNA Technology Paul Berg. H.W.Boyer, S. Cohen 1972-73 U.S.A.
Refrigerator James Harrison, Alexander catlin 1850 U.S.A.
Relativity Theory Einstein 1905 Germany
Reserpine Jal Vakil 1949 India
Rh-factor Karl Landsteiner 1940 U.S.A.
Rubber (Latex Foam) Dunlop Rubber Co. 1928 Britain
Rubber (Tyres) Thomas Hancock 1846 Britain
Rubber (Vulcanised) Charles Goodyear 1841 U.S.A.
Rubber (Water Proof) Charles Macintosh 1823 Britain
Safety Pin Walter Hunt 1849 U.S.A.
Safety Razor King Camp Gillette 1903 U.S.A.
Seat Belt Volvo 1959 Sweden
Self-Starter Charles F. Kattering 1911 U.S.A.
Sex Hormones Eugen Steinach 1910 Austria
Ship (Steam) I. C. Perier 1775 France
Ship (Turbine) Hon. Sir C. Parsons 1894 Britain
Silk Manufacture 50 B.C. China
Skyscraper W. Le Baron Jenny 1882 U.S.A.
Slide Rule William Oughtred 1621 Britain
Small Pox Eradicated W.H.O. Declaration 1980 UN
Spinning Frame Sir Richard Arkwright 1769 Britain
Spinning Jenny James Hargreaves 1764 Britain
Spinning Mule Samuel Cromption 1779 Britain
Steam Engine Thomas Savery 1698 Britain
Steam Engine (Condenser) James Watt 1765 Britain
Steam Engine (Piston) Thomas Newcomen 1712 Britain
Steel (Stainless) Harry Brearley 1913 Britain
Stethoscope Laennec 1819 French
Stethoscope Rene Laennec 1819 France
Streptomycin Selman Waksman 1944 U.S.A.
Submarine David Bushnell 1776 U.S.A.
Super Computer J.H. Van Tassel 1976 U.S.A.
Synthesiser Moog 1964 U.S.A.
Synthetic Antigens Landsteiner 1917 U.S.A.