{"id":82594,"date":"2020-09-18T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T03:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/?p=82594"},"modified":"2021-03-26T16:21:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T10:51:49","slug":"important-inventions-and-discoveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/important-inventions-and-discoveries\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Important Inventions and Discoveries for Competitive Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Science and Technology along with inventions and discoveries have changed the world drastically. They have enabled us for centuries to evolve into a different civilization. Starting from the discovery of fire and the invention of the wheel, the world has seen wonders in the space of inventions and discoveries.<\/p>\n

Different theories – like that of the Black Hole and other cases have been speculated on the basis of the hypothesis. The formation of the Cloud concept has enabled data to manipulate in a different manner.<\/p>\n

\"List<\/a><\/p>\n

Important Inventions and Discoveries<\/h2>\n

Wright Brothers<\/strong> were responsible for inventing the Aeroplane. The airplane in today\u2019s world has seen different and modified prototypes. In previous years, ships were used to travel across the sea. This took a long period of time.<\/p>\n

Now within a couple of days (along with layovers), we can find ourselves on a different continent in a short time. The Wright brothers were American Aviation pioneers who were also responsible for the invention of aircraft controls that made the fixed-wing powered flight possible.<\/p>\n

Emile Reynaud<\/strong> was responsible for the invention of the praxinoscope and the first projected animation. Pantomimes Lumineuses (composed by him) was premiered on 28 October 1892 in Paris, France.<\/p>\n

In 1888, he patented the Theatre Optique Film System. His inventions also include the use of the first instance of film perforations.<\/p>\n

Johannes Gutenberg<\/strong> was a German Goldsmith and inventor of the printing press. He introduced the printing press in Europe. His Introduction of mechanical movable type printing in Europe started the Printing Revolution. It is regarded as a milestone.<\/p>\n

It has played an important role in the Reformation, Renaissance and other ages as well. This in turn brought a change in socio-economy development.<\/p>\n

Alfred B. Nobel<\/strong> as a scientist, engineer, and philanthropist. Even though he held 355 patents, the invention of his dynamite sets him apart the most.He owned Bofors which he redirected from its previous roles as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments.<\/p>\n

He bequeathed his fortune to institute the famous Nobel Prize in Stockholm, Sweden. The synthetic element nobelium named after Alfred Nobel.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Franklin<\/strong> was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. He was a polymath. He was a leading political philosopher, scientist, postmaster, writer, politician, civic activist, statesman, humorist, and held many other significant posts.<\/p>\n

As an inventor, he is well known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove. He also founded the Library Company and the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

William Ramsay<\/strong> was a Scottish Chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 for the discovery of the noble gases. His work thereby helped in the development of a different section – Noble Gases in the periodic table. Ramsay was also the President of the British Association from 1911-1912.<\/p>\n

He also became the advisor in the Indian Institute of Science and said that Bangalore should be the place where this institution should be established.<\/p>\n

Lewis Waterman<\/strong> was the founder of the Waterman Pen Company. Before receiving many patents for his fountain pen invention, he worked as a salesman in New York. He quit after six weeks and started his own business.<\/p>\n

He dedicated his time to the invention and developing the pen with a simplified feed of his own design. His \u201cthree fissure feed\u201d was the first patent, granted in 1884.<\/p>\n

Thomas Edison<\/strong> was an American inventor and businessman. He is considered the United States\u2019 greatest inventor of all time.<\/p>\n

He helped develop the electric power generation, gramophone, sound recording, and motion pictures. Lot of engineers and scientists worked with him for the aim of discovering.<\/p>\n

Richard Gaffing<\/strong> was an American inventor who is best known for its invention of the Gatling gun. This is the first successful machine gun. He also invented the screw propeller and a wheat drill in 1893. He also invented the hemp brake machine, steam tractor, marine steam ram, and a tractor as well.<\/p>\n

When he saw that majority of the soldiers lost in the Civil War due to diseases, he went on to invent this machine gun.<\/p>\n

Alexander Graham<\/strong> Bell was an inventor, scientist, and engineer who is patented with founding the first practical telephone. He also co-founded American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.<\/p>\n

Also he went on to contribute significantly in fields of optical telecommunications, hydrofoils, and aeronautics. He also served as the 2nd President of the National Geographic Society.<\/p>\n

Dr. Felix Hoffman<\/strong> was a German Chemist. He is known for re-synthesizing diamorphine. He was also known for synthesizing aspirin even though he did not do it under his own name. Hoffman considered himself to be the first person to invent aspirin. He worked as Bayer, the company.<\/p>\n

Willis Carrie<\/strong>r was an American Engineer. He was best known for inventing the air-conditioner. He first invented the electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. Then he also founded Carrier Corporation, a company manufacturing and dealing in the distribution of air-conditioners.<\/p>\n

Elisha G. Otis<\/strong> was an American industrialist. He was the founder of Otis Elevator. He was the inventor of the elevator in the year 1852. Also, he invented a safety device.<\/p>\n

List of Important Inventions and Discoveries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Inventions and Discoveries<\/b><\/td>\nName of the Inventor<\/b><\/td>\nYear of Invention<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Automatic Calculator<\/span><\/td>\nWilhelm Schickard<\/span><\/td>\n1623<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Air Conditioner<\/span><\/td>\nWillis Carrier<\/span><\/td>\n1914<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amplitude Modulation<\/span><\/td>\nReginald Fessenden<\/span><\/td>\n\u2013<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anemometer<\/span><\/td>\nLeon Battista Alberti<\/span><\/td>\n1450<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Animation<\/span><\/td>\nEmile Reynaud<\/span><\/td>\n1892<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atom Bomb<\/span><\/td>\nJulius Robert Oppenheimer<\/span><\/td>\n1945<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aspirin<\/span><\/td>\nDr. Felix Hoffman<\/span><\/td>\n1899<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Airplane<\/span><\/td>\nWilbur and Orville Wright<\/span><\/td>\n1903<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adhesive tape<\/span><\/td>\nRichard G. Drew<\/span><\/td>\n1923<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bifocal Lens<\/span><\/td>\nBenjamin Franklin<\/span><\/td>\n1784<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barometer<\/span><\/td>\nEvangelista Torricelli<\/span><\/td>\n\u2013<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbed Wire<\/span><\/td>\nJoseph F. Glidden<\/span><\/td>\n1873<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blood Group<\/span><\/td>\nKarl Landsteiner<\/span><\/td>\n1900<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ball Point Pen<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Loud<\/span><\/td>\n1888<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bicycle Tyres<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Boyd Dunlop<\/span><\/td>\n1888<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bicycle<\/span><\/td>\nKirkpatrick Macmillan<\/span><\/td>\n1839<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Celluloid<\/span><\/td>\nAlexander Parkes<\/span><\/td>\n1861<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chloroform<\/span><\/td>\nE. Soberran<\/span><\/td>\n1831<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cine Camera<\/span><\/td>\nWm. Friese-Greene<\/span><\/td>\n1889<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Circulation of blood<\/span><\/td>\nWilliam Harvey<\/span><\/td>\n1628<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clock Mechanical<\/span><\/td>\nHsing and Ling-Tsan<\/span><\/td>\n1725<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diesel Engine<\/span><\/td>\nRudolf Diesel<\/span><\/td>\n1892<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centigrade Scale<\/span><\/td>\nAnders Celsius<\/span><\/td>\n1742<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chlorine<\/span><\/td>\nKarl Wilhelm Scheele<\/span><\/td>\n1774<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dynamite<\/span><\/td>\nAlfred B. Nobel<\/span><\/td>\n1867<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diesel Engine<\/span><\/td>\nRudolf Diesel<\/span><\/td>\n1895<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Electric stove\/cooker<\/span><\/td>\nWilliam S. Hadaway<\/span><\/td>\n1896<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Electroscope<\/span><\/td>\nJean Nollet<\/span><\/td>\n1748<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Electric Fan<\/span><\/td>\nWheeler<\/span><\/td>\n1882<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Electric Battery<\/span><\/td>\nVolta<\/span><\/td>\n1800<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elevator<\/span><\/td>\nElisha G. Otis<\/span><\/td>\n1852<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Electric Motor (DC)<\/span><\/td>\nZenobe Gramme<\/span><\/td>\n1873<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Electromagnet<\/span><\/td>\nWilliam Sturgeon<\/span><\/td>\n1824<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fountain Pen<\/span><\/td>\nLewis Edson Waterman<\/span><\/td>\n1884<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fluorine<\/span><\/td>\nFerdinand Frederick Henri Moissan<\/span><\/td>\n1886<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gramophone<\/span><\/td>\nThomas Edison<\/span><\/td>\n1878<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hydrogen<\/span><\/td>\nHenry Cavendish<\/span><\/td>\n1766<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Helicopter<\/span><\/td>\nIgor Sikorsky<\/span><\/td>\n1939<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hovercraft<\/span><\/td>\nChristopher Cockerell<\/span><\/td>\n1959<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hot Air Balloon<\/span><\/td>\nJosef & Etienne Montgolfier<\/span><\/td>\n1783<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Helium<\/span><\/td>\nWilliam Ramsay<\/span><\/td>\n1868<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Insulin<\/span><\/td>\nSir Frederick Banting<\/span><\/td>\n1923<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jet Engine<\/span><\/td>\nHans Von Ohain<\/span><\/td>\n1936<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lightning Conductor<\/span><\/td>\nBenjamin Franklin<\/span><\/td>\n1752<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Locomotive<\/span><\/td>\nRichard Trevithick<\/span><\/td>\n1804<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laser<\/span><\/td>\nDr. Charles H. Townes<\/span><\/td>\n1960<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Light Bulb<\/span><\/td>\nHeinrich Goebel<\/span><\/td>\n1854<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Motorcycle<\/span><\/td>\nEdward Butler<\/span><\/td>\n1848<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microscope<\/span><\/td>\nZacharis Janssen<\/span><\/td>\n1590<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microphone<\/span><\/td>\nAlexander Graham Bell<\/span><\/td>\n1876<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Machine Gun<\/span><\/td>\nRichard Gatling<\/span><\/td>\n1861<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neon Lamp<\/span><\/td>\nGeorges Claude<\/span><\/td>\n1915<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oxygen<\/span><\/td>\nAntoine Laurent Lavoisier<\/span><\/td>\n1775<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ozone<\/span><\/td>\nChristian Schonbein<\/span><\/td>\n1839<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Piano<\/span><\/td>\nBartolomeo Cristofori<\/span><\/td>\n1700<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Printing Press<\/span><\/td>\nJohannes Gutenberg<\/span><\/td>\n1440<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parachute<\/span><\/td>\nJean Pierre Blanchard<\/span><\/td>\n1785<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polio Vaccine<\/span><\/td>\nJonas Edward Salk<\/span><\/td>\n\u2013<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Periodic Table<\/span><\/td>\nDmitri Mendeleev<\/span><\/td>\n1869<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Penicillin<\/span><\/td>\nAlexander Fleming<\/span><\/td>\n1928<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pacemaker<\/span><\/td>\nDr. Paul Zoll<\/span><\/td>\n1952<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Petrol for Motor Card<\/span><\/td>\nKarl Benz<\/span><\/td>\n1885<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Refrigerator<\/span><\/td>\nJames Harrison<\/span><\/td>\n1851<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Radium<\/span><\/td>\nMarie & Pierre Curie<\/span><\/td>\n1898<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Radar<\/span><\/td>\nDr. Albert H. Taylor & Leo C. Young<\/span><\/td>\n1922<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rubber (vulcanized)<\/span><\/td>\nCharles Goodyear<\/span><\/td>\n1841<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rocket Engine<\/span><\/td>\nRobert H. Goddard<\/span><\/td>\n1926<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Radio<\/span><\/td>\nGuglielmo Marconi<\/span><\/td>\n1894<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richter Scale<\/span><\/td>\nCharles Richter<\/span><\/td>\n1935<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ship (Turbine)<\/span><\/td>\nCharles Parsons<\/span><\/td>\n1894<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steam Ship<\/span><\/td>\nJ.C Perier<\/span><\/td>\n1775<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steam Boat<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Fitch<\/span><\/td>\n1786<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Safety Match<\/span><\/td>\nJ.E. Lundstrom<\/span><\/td>\n1855<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Submarine<\/span><\/td>\nDavid Bushnell<\/span><\/td>\n1776<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stethoscope<\/span><\/td>\nRene Laennec<\/span><\/td>\n1816<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saxophone<\/span><\/td>\nAdolphe Sax<\/span><\/td>\n1846<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sewing Machine<\/span><\/td>\nElias Howe<\/span><\/td>\n1846<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steam-Powered Airship<\/span><\/td>\nHenri Giffard<\/span><\/td>\n1852<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soft Contact lenses<\/span><\/td>\nOtto Wichterle<\/span><\/td>\n1961<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Synthesizer<\/span><\/td>\nDr. Robert Arthur Moog<\/span><\/td>\n1964<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thermometer<\/span><\/td>\nGalileo<\/span><\/td>\n1593<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Theory of Evolution<\/span><\/td>\nCharles Darwin<\/span><\/td>\n1858<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Typewriter<\/span><\/td>\nPeter Mitterhofer<\/span><\/td>\n1841<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transistors<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Bardeen, William Shockley & Walter Brattain<\/span><\/td>\n1948<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telephone<\/span><\/td>\nGraham Bell<\/span><\/td>\n1874<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Valve. Radio<\/span><\/td>\nSir J.A Fleming<\/span><\/td>\n1904<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vacuum Cleaner<\/span><\/td>\nIves McGuffey<\/span><\/td>\n1869<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vitamin A<\/span><\/td>\nFrederick Gowland Hopkins<\/span><\/td>\n1912<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vitamin B<\/span><\/td>\nChristiaan Eijkman<\/span><\/td>\n1897<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vitamin C<\/span><\/td>\nAlbert Szent-Gyorgi<\/span><\/td>\n\u2013<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vitamin K<\/span><\/td>\nHenrik Dam<\/span><\/td>\n1929<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vitamin E<\/span><\/td>\nHerbert McLean Evans & Katherine Scott Bishop<\/span><\/td>\n—\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windshield wipers<\/span><\/td>\nMary Anderson<\/span><\/td>\n1903<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Wide Web<\/span><\/td>\nTim Berners Lee with Robert Cailliau\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1989<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
X-ray<\/span><\/td>\nWilhelm Conrad Roentgen<\/span><\/td>\n1895<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xerox Machine<\/span><\/td>\nChester Carlson<\/span><\/td>\n1928<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

The world is continuously changing at a dynamic speed and inventions and discoveries are very important to be contributed to society. The inventions and discoveries have made our lives easier and quick. They are extremely important for mankind.<\/p>\n

The world is continuously changing. In such a dynamic world, where SpaceX is all set for Mars, the dreams of discovery and inventions centuries ago might have not been able to imagine this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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