Inventions A-Z

A

InventionInventor(s)Date
AdhesiveTapeRichardDrew1930
AirplaneOrville&WilburWright1930
AlcoholThermometerGabrielFahrenheit1709
AstroTurfJ.Faria&R.Wright1965

B

InventionInventor(s)Date
BallpointPen LaszloBiro1938
Barometer(mercury)EvangelistaTorricelli1643
Battery(electric)AlessandroVolta1800
BicycleKarlvonSauerbronn1816
BifocalSpectaclesBenjaminFranklin1784
BikiniJacquesHeim/LouisReard1946

C

InventionInventor(s)Date
CameraGeorgeEastman1888
CanOpenerEzraWarner1858
CarbonatedWaterJosephPriestly1767
CelsiusScaleAndersCelsius1742
Coca-ColaDr.JohnPemberton1886
CompactDiskJamesRussell1965
CottonGinEliWhitney1793
CylinderLockLinusYaleJr.1862

D

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
DecimalsSimonStevin1585
DishwasherJosephineG.Cochran1886
DynamiteAlfredNobel   1866

E

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
ElectricLightBulbThomasEdison1878
ElectricShaverJacobSchick1928
ElevatorElishaOtis1853/td>

F

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
FerrisWheelG.W.G.FerrisJr.1893
FrozenFoodClarenceBirdseye1925
FountainPenLewisE.Waterman1884

G

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
GeigerCounterHansGeiger1913
GuillotineDr.JosephI.Guillotin1792

H

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
HelicopterIgorSikorsky1939
HolographyD.Gabor1965
HotAirBalloonMontgolfierBrothers1783
HovercraftChristopherCockerell1955

I

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
Iron(electric)HenryW.Seeley1882

J

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
JeansLeviStrauss1873
JetEngineFrankWhittle1930

K

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
KaleidoscopeDavidBrewster1817
KelvinScaleLordW.T.Kelvin1848

L

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
Laser(ruby)TheodoreMaiman1960
LightningConductorBenjaminFranklin1752
LinoleumFrederickWalton1861
LithographyAloisSenfelder1796

M

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
MachineGunRichardGattling1862
MayonnaiseDukedeRichelieu'schef1756
MicroscopeAnthonyvanLeeuwenhoek1677
Miners'SafetyLampSirHumphryDavy1815
MovableTypeJohannGuttenberg1453

N

InventionInventor(s)Date
NylonWallaceCarothers1935

O

InventionInventor(s)Date
OpticalDiscDavidPaulGregg1958

P

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
ParachuteLouis-SebastianLenormand1783
PendulumClockChristianHuygens1656
PhonographThomasEdison1877
PhosphorusMatchesJohnWalker1827
PneumaticTyreJohnDunlop1888
PressureCookerDenisPapin1675

Q

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
Q-TipsLeoGerstenzang1920's

R

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
RadioGuglielmoMarconi1895
RefrigeratorFerdinandCarre1859
RevolverSamuelColt1836
RifleAugustKotter1520
RocketEngineRobertGoddard1926
RollerSkatesJosephMerlin1760

S

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
SafetyPinWalterHunt1895
SafetyRazorKingGillette1859
SewingMachine(lockstitch)EliasHowe1846
SextantJohnCampbell1757
SleepingCarGeorgePullman1857
SmallpoxVaccinationEdwardJenner1796
SteamboatRobertFulton1807
SteamEngineThomasSavery1698
SubmarineTJohnHolland1898

T

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
TeaBagThomasSullivan1908
TeflonSamuelMorse1837
TelegraphEliasHowe1846
TelegraphGuglielmoMarconi1895
TelephoneAlexanderGrahamBell1876
TelescopeGalileoGalilei1609
TelevisionJohnLogieBaird1925

U

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
Umbrella(steelribbed)SamuelFox1852

V

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
VacuumCleanerH.CecilBooth1901
VulcanisedRubberCharlesGoodyear1839

W

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
WashingMachine(rotary)HamiltonSmith1858

X

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
XerographyChesterFloydCarlson1937

Y

InventionInventor(s)                              Date
YellowPagesReubenH.Donnelly1886

Z

InventionInventor(s)                        Date
ZipFastenerWhitcombJudson1893