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Scientists Name & their Inventions and Discoveries

Posted on 23/06/202102/10/2021 By GK Questions No Comments on Scientists Name & their Inventions and Discoveries
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1 Famous Scientists/Inventors & their Inventions and Discoveries
1.1 List of Inventions and Discoveries | Scientists Name and their Inventions
1.1.1 Invention (Discovery)
1.1.2 Inventor (Scientist)
1.1.3 Country
1.1.4 Year of Invention
1.2 FAQs on Inventions and Inventors

Famous Scientists/Inventors & their Inventions and Discoveries

In this article, we are going to discuss all the famous scientists and their inventions and discoveries with their country origin and the year of the invention. This static General Knowledge (GK) is important for many competitive exams of government.

List of all inventions and inventors name are given below:

List of Inventions and Discoveries | Scientists Name and their Inventions
Invention (Discovery)
Inventor (Scientist)
Country
Year of Invention

Adding Machine

Pascal France

1642

Aeroplane

Wright Brothers USA

1903

Balloon

Jacques & Joseph Montgolfier France

1783

Barometer

E. Torricelli Italy

1644

Ball point pen

C. Biro Hungary

1938

Bicycle

K. Macmillan Scotland

1839

Cinematograph

Thomas Alva Edison USA

1891

Calculating Machine

Pascal France

1642

Computer

Charles Babbage Britain

1834

Centigrade Scale

A. Celsius France

1742

Clock (Mechanical)

Hsing and Ling Tsan China

1725

Clock (Pendulum)

C. Hugyens Netherlands

1657

Cinema

A.L and J.L Lumiere France

1895

Cine Camera

Friese Greene Britain

1889

Dynamo

Michael Faraday England

1831

Dynamite

Alfred Nobel Sweden

1867

Diesel Engine

Rudolf Diesel Germany

1892

Electric Iron

H.W Seeley USA

1882

Electric Lamp

Thomas Alva Edison USA

1879

Evolution Theory

Charles England

1858

Electromagnet

W. Sturgeon England

1824

Fountain Pen

Le. Waterman USA

1884

Film with sound

DR. Lee de Forest USA

1923

Gramophone

T.A. Edison USA

1878

Gas Lighting

William Murdoch Scotland

1884

Jet Engine

Sir Frank Whittle Engine

1937

Locomotive 

Richard Trevithick England

1804

Lift

E.G Otis USA

1852

Machine Gun

Richard Gatling USA

1861

Match

J.E Lurdstrom Sweden

1855

Microscope

Z. Jansen Netherland

1590

Microphone

David Hughes USA

1878

Motorcycle

Edward Butler England

1884

Motor Cycle (Petrol)

Karl Benz Germany

1885

Neon Lamp

G. Claude

France

1915

Nylon

DR. W.H Carothers USA

1937

Photography

W.H Fox Tablot England

1835

Printing Press

J. Gutenberg Germany

1455

Radar

A.H Taylor & L.C Young USA

1922

Radium

Marie & Pierre Curie France

1898

Radio

G. Marconi England

1901

Rayon

American Viscose Co. USA

1910

Razor (safety)

K.G Gillette USA

1895

Razor (electric)

Col. J. Schick USA

1931

Refrigerator

J. Harrison & A. Catlin Britain

1834

Revolver

Samuel Colt USA

1835

Rubber (vulcanized)

Charles Goodyear USA

1841

Rubber (waterproof)

Charles Macintosh Scotland

1819

Safety Lamp

Sir Humphrey Davy England

1816

Safety Pin

William Hurst USA

1849

Sewing Machine

B. Thimmonnier France

1830

Scooter

G. Bradshaw England

1919

Ship (Steam)

J.C Perier France

1775

Ship (Turbine)

Sir Charles Parsons Britain

1894

Shorthand (Modern)

Sir Isaac Pitman Britain

1837

Spinning (Frame)

Sir Richard Arkwight England

1769

Spinning Jenny

James Hargreaves England

1764

Steam Engine (piston)

Thomas Newcome Britain

1712

Steam Engine (condenser)

James Watt Scotland

1765

Steel Production

Henry Bessemer England

1855

Stainless Steel

Harry Brearley England

1913

Tank

Sir Ernest Swington England

1914

Telegraph Code

Samuel F.B Morse USA

1837

Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell USA

1876

Telescope

Hans Lippershey Netherland

1608

Television

John Logie Bared Scotland

1926

Terylene

J. Whinfield & H. Dickson England

1941

Thermometer

Galileo Galilei Italy

1593

Tractor

J. Froelich USA

1892

Transistor

Bardeen Shockley USA & UK

1949

Typewriter

C. Sholes USA

1868

Valve of Radio

Sir J.A Fleming Britain

1904

Watch

A.L Breguet France

1791

X-Ray

Wilhelm Roentgen Germany

1895

Zip fastener

W.L Judson USA

1891

 

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FAQs on Inventions and Inventors

 Q) What are the Nikola Tesla Inventions?

Ans.) Nikola Tesla is one of the most famous and innovative scientists this world has ever seen. The most famous innovation of Nikola Tesla is Tesla Coil, Remote Control, Induction Motor, Tesla Turbine, 3-Phase Electric Power, Violet Ray, Tesla Turbine, Tesla Valve, Neon Lamp, Vacuum Variable Capacitor.

Q) What are the Albert Einstein Inventions?

Ans.) Albert Einstein has many great inventions and theories that changed the world completely Einstein Inventions are Gas Absorption Heat Pump and Einstein Refrigerator. Apart from Albert Einstein inventions, his theories made a major impact these theories are:

1) Special Theory of Relativity 2) General Theory of Relativity 3) Quantum Theory of Light 4) The Bose-Einstein Condensation 4) Photoelectric effect

 Q) What are the Thomas Alva Edison Inventions?

Ans.) Thomas Alva Edison is an American scientist who had invented the things which are the basis of the foundation of the future. The greatest inventions of Thomas Alva Edison are:

Incandescent Light Bulb, Kinetoscope, Gramophone, Film, Movie Camera, Phonograph cylinder, Vacuum Diode, Mimeograph.

Q) What are the Galileo Galilei Inventions?

Ans.) Galileo Galilei is a mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer. The Galileo Galilei inventions made a major impact in the field of astronomy his famous inventions are: Celatone, Galileo’s Micrometre, Galileo’s Escapement, and Galileo’s Proportional Compass.

Q) What are the New and latest Inventions?

Ans.) The new and latest inventions and discoveries for the year 2021 are as follows:

  • Talking Hearing Aid
  • Advance Robotics Surgery
  • OLED Phone (Screen)
  • Quantum Computers

Q) What are the Isaac Newton Inventions?

Ans.) Isaac Newton’s inventions revolutionized Physics. Isaac Newton’s famous inventions are the Newtonian Telescope, and the Reflecting Telescope. Apart from these his law of motion is the most famous theory of physics.

Q) Who are the famous Indian scientists and their inventions?

Ans.) The famous Indian scientists and their inventions are:

  • V Raman = Raman Effect
  • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar = Neutron stars and Black Holes
  • Aryabhata = Value of pi

Q) What are the Benjamin Franklin inventions?

Ans.) Benjamin Franklin inventions are Lightning rod, Glass Harmonica, Bifocals, Franklin’s Electrostatic Machine,

Q) What are the Alexander Graham Bell inventions?

Ans.) Alexander Graham Bell’s most famous invention is the Telephone but apart from his he also invented few other things like Graphophone, Mine Detector.

Q) What are the Archimedes inventions?

Ans.) Archimedes is known for his famous “Archimedes Principle” but he also invented some other famous things like Archimedes Screw, Claw of Archimedes, and Architonnerre.

Q) What are the Stephen Hawking inventions/discoveries?

Ans.) Stephen Hawking is one of the most talented and famous astronomers and astrophysicists today his major work is about the black hole. His greatest discovery is that he stated that the black hole emits radiation and that with special instruments can be measured.

Q) What are the industrial revolution inventions?

Ans.) In terms of innovation, the Industrial revolution truly changed the world. The most famous innovations at the time of the industrial revolution are Steam Engine, Spinning Mule, Spinning Jenny, Cotton Gin, Electrical Telegraph, Assembly Line.

Q) What are the Srinivasa Ramanujan inventions?

Ans.) The major contribution of the Srinivasa Ramanujan is to the theory of number, and the partition function properties discoveries.

Q) What are the Aryabhatta inventions?

Ans.) India-based Aryabhata is a world-class famous astronomer and mathematician, he discovered the value of pi that is 3.1416…… and he is also known to be the person who discovered the zero (0).

Q) What are the Louis Pasteur inventions?

Ans.) Louis Pasteur invented the Chamberland filter and Pasteurization process which is a widely used practice in the milk and the dairy industry.

Q) What are the APJ Abdul Kalam inventions?

Ans.) APJ Abdul Kalam is known as the “missile man” he did not invent anything but the contribution of the APJ Abdul Kalam is spectacular in the field of science and technology his major contribution are as follows:

  • Project director of India’s first Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV).
  • Project director of Guided Missile Program.
  • Contribution in the nuclear program of India (Pokhran)

Q) What are the inventions that changed the world?

Ans.) There is a long list of inventions that changed the world but the major ones are as follows:

  • Vaccination
  • Telephone
  • Internet
  • Aeroplane
  • Computer
  • Steam Engine
  • Car
  • Assembly Line
  • Electricity
  • Induction Motor

Q) What are the Michael Faraday inventions?

Ans.) The major Michael Faraday inventions are as follows:

  • Faraday Cage
  • Bicycle Dynamo
  • Electrolysis
  • Toy Balloon
  • Electrical Motor
  • Homopolar Generator

Q) What are the simple inventions?

Ans.) Apart from all the major inventions there are few simple inventions that changed the world completely these are as follows:

  • Needle
  • Fire
  • Wheel
  • Sword

Q) What are the famous inventions?

Ans.) The most famous inventions of all time are as follows:

  • Aeroplane
  • Electric Motor
  • Car
  • Bulb
  • Telephone
  • Telescope

Q) What are the Steve Jobs inventions?

Ans.) Steve Jobs did not invent anything but his imagination in the tech industry made the major contribution and changed the whole computer and the mobile phone industry.

Q) What are the Sir C.V. Raman Inventions?

Ans.) The Indian-based Physicist C.V Raman awarded the Nobel prize for his invention of the Raman Effect, which says that light scattered when it passes through a material and the wavelength of the light also changes.

Q) What are the Blaise Pascal Inventions?

Ans.) The famous Blaise Pascal inventions are Mechanical Calculator, Pascals Calculator, and Adding Machine.

Q) What are the future Inventions?

Ans.) The inventions of the future will be going to make human life easy and more healthy. It will be going to increase human life expectancy the future innovations will be in the field of health care, environment, robotics, and space.

 Q) What are the Charles Darwin Inventions/Discoveries?

Ans.) Charles Darwin has a major contribution to the field of Biology and Life Science. Darwin did not invent anything but his “theory of evolution” made a major change in the field of Life Science.

Q) What is the impact of Scientific Inventions on human Life?

Ans.) The impact of Scientific Inventions on human Life has both good and bad impacts, it changes human life in both ways like the invention of vaccines saved the lives of millions of people, and the invention of Gun Powder is both boons as well as the curse.

 Q) What are the latest inventions in mechanical engineering?

Ans.) The latest inventions and discoveries in mechanical engineering of 2021 are as follows:

  • Harvesting of solar energy using natural hyperbolic materials.
  • Windows generating Solar power
  • Ultrasonic tubular reactor

Q) What are the Copernicus Inventions?

Ans.) Copernicus Inventions are mainly related to planetary science. He said that planets do not orbit the earth, they orbit the sun.

Q) What are the Johannes Kepler inventions?

Ans.) Johannes Kepler was a famous astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician his Kepler Telescope is an invention that was used by many scientists and innovators.

Q) What are electronic inventions?

Ans.) The most famous electronic inventions that changed the world are as follows:

  • Diode
  • Transistor
  • Oscillator
  • Semi-conductor
  • Microprocessor
  • PCB

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