Scientific Inventions
Scientific Invention, Medical Invention, Invention and Inventor
Invention
Inventor
Year
Country
Printing Press
Johann Gutenberg
1455
Germany
Watch
Bartholomew Manfredi
1462
Italy
Chemotherapy
Paracelsus
1493-1541
Switzerland
Microscope, comp.
Z. Janssen
1590
Netherlands
Telescope
Hans Lippershey
1608
Netherlands
Logarithms
Napier
1614
Britain
Slide Rule
William Oughtred
1621
Britain
Blood Transfusion
Jean-Baptiste Denys
1625
France
Circulation of Blood
William Harvey
1628
Britain
Adding Machine
Pascal
1642
France
Barometer
Evangelista Torricelli
1644
Italy
Biochemistry
Jan Baptista Van Helmont
1648
Belgium
Clock (Pendulum)
Christian Huygens
1656
Netherlands
Calculus
Newton
1670
Britain
Bacteria
Leeuwenhock
1683
Netherlands
Steam Engine
Thomas Savery
1698
Britain
Piano
Cristofori
1709
Italy
Steam Engine (Piston)
Thomas Newcomen
1712
Britain
Machine Gun
Richard Gatling
1718
Britain
Clock (Mechanical)
I-Hsing & Liang Ling-Tsan
1725
China
Chronometer
John Harrison
1735
Britain
Lighting Conductor
Benjamin Franklin
1752
U.S.A.
Physiology
Albrecht Von Haller
1757-66
Switzerland
Neurology
Franz Joseph Gall
1758-1828
Germany
Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves
1764
Britain
Steam Engine (Condenser)
James Watt
1765
Britain
Spinning Frame
Sir Richard Arkwright
1769
Britain
Car (Steam)
Nicolas Cugnot
1769
France
Histology
Marie Bichat
1771-1802
France
Ship (Steam)
I. C. Perier
1775
France
Submarine
David Bushnell
1776
U.S.A.
Vaccine, Smallpox
Jenner
1776
Britain
Spinning Mule
Samuel Cromption
1779
Britain
Bifocal Lens
Benjamin Franklin
1780
U.S.A.
Balloon
Jacques & Joseph Montgolfier
1783
France
Loom, power
E. Cartwright
1785
Britain
Telegraph
M. Lammond
1787
France
Pencil
Lacques-Nicolas Conte
1792
France
Embryology
Kari Ernest-Van Baer
1792-1896
Estonia
Vaccination
Edward Jenner
1796
Britain
Bleaching Powder
Tennant
1798
Britain
Battery (Electric)
Alessandro Volta
1800
Italy
Atomic Theory
Dalton
1803
Britain
Canned Food
Appert
1804
France
Locomotive
Richard Trevithick
1804
Britain
Electroplating
Luigi Brugnatelli
1805
Italy
Morphine
Friderich Sertumer
1805
Germany
Stethoscope
Rene Laennec
1819
France
Stethoscope
Laennec
1819
French
Rubber (Water Proof)
Charles Macintosh
1823
Britain
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