FAMOUS INVENTIONS
Following are the list of the inventions that changed the world. The name of the inventors has been written in bold letters:
Email (1971) Ray Tomlinson (US) developed the first electronic communication message. The email was sent between two computers on the same network.
Fiber Optics (1958) Modern fibre optics using high purity SiO2 (rather than copper wire) was developed by Sam DiVita (US) and Richard Sturzebecher (US). This enabled much more efficient communication.
Film (1895) Frenchman Louis Lumiere developed one of the first moving film recorders, which they called Cinematographe.
Guns The first gun prototypes using gunpowder to launch missiles were developed in the tenth Century by the Chinese. The first rifle ‘Puckle Gun’ was developed in 1718 and the first revolver ‘The Colt’ in 1836.
Internet (1982) The first internet protocol was established in 1982. In 1995, the internet was de commercialised. In 1990, Tim Berners-Leedeveloped the World Wide Web the first internet web browser.
Matches (1826) John Walker (English) developed the first friction match which could be lit by striking sandpaper. The first safety match originated in 1844 by the Swede Gustaf Erik Pasch.
Morse Code (1836) Samuel Morse (US)- Morse developed a system of dots and dashes to help send telegraphs over long distance wire.
Paper (105) Tsai Lun – Lun was an official in the Chinese civil service. He reported its use and developed its use in recording the business of the Chinese state.
Motor car (1886) Carl Benz (Germany) is credited with the first patent for the modern motor car with a petrol combustion engine. Many similar designs were developed around the same time.
Pasteurisation . Invented by Italian Lazzaro Spallanzani, in 1768 – a process of killing bacteria in food. Louis Pasteur (1864) developed a more modern form of pasteurisation which helped make milk and wine safer to drink.
Penicillin (1928) Discovered by Alexander Fleming (Scot). who found the growth of penicillin on a jar of mould left overnight. Penicillin was later mass produced by Howard Florey (Aus) and a team of scientists enabling it to be used during the Second World War .
Petrol (1859) Edwin Drake (US) Modern drilling and refinement of oil into petrol began around middle of Nineteenth Century. It enabled petrol to be used as a fuel in the internal combustion engine.
Plastic (1862) Alexander Parkes (England) Parkes demonstrated a plastic which was made from heated cellulose and moulded into a shape. Other important developments include 1908 – Cellophane – Jacques E. Brandenberger.
Printing Press (1450) The first printing press was designed byJohannes Guthenberg in Germany. The printing press played a key role in the reformation of Martin Luther – as pamphlets and books were mass produced for the first time – showing the power of the printing presses.
Radio (1895) G.Marconi (Italy) sent and received the first radio waves in 1895. Nikola Tesla took out first patent for radio using his Tesla’s coil.
