Invention | Inventor | Country | Year |
Adding machine | Pascal | France | 1642 |
Aeroplane | Wright brothers | USA | 1903 |
Balloon | Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier | France | 1783 |
Ball-point pen | C. Biro | Hungary | 1938 |
Barometer | E. Torricelli | Italy | 1644 |
Bicycle | K. Macmillan | Scotland | 1839 |
Bicycle Tyre | J.B. Dunlop | Scotland | 1888 |
Calculating machine | Pascal | France | 1642 |
Centrigrade scale | A. Celsius | France | 1742 |
Cinematograph | Thomas Alva Edison | USA | 1891 |
Computer | Charles Babbage | Britain | 1834 |
Cine camera | Friese-Greene | Britain | 1889 |
Cinema | A.L. and J.L. Lumiere | France | 1895 |
Clock (machanical) | Hsing and Ling-Tsan | China | 1725 |
Clock (pendulum) | C. Hugyens | Netherlands | 1657 |
Diesel engine | Rudolf Diesel | Germany | 1892 |
Dynamite | Alfred Nobel | Sweden | 1867 |
Dynamo | Michael Faraday | England | 1831 |
Electric lamp | Thomas Alva Edison | USA | 1879 |
Electromagnet | W. Sturgeon | England | 1824 |
Evolution (theory) | Charles Darwin | England | 1858 |
Film (with sound) | Dr Lee de Forest | USA | 1923 |
Fountain Pen | LE Waterman | USA | 1884 |
Gramophone | T.A. Edison | USA | 1878 |
Jet Engine | Sir Frank Whittle | England | 1937 |
Lift | E.G. Otis | USA | 1852 |
Machine gun | Richard Gatling | USA | 1861 |
Microphone | David Hughes | USA | 1878 |
Microscope | Z. Jansen | Netherlands | 1590 |
Motor car (petrol) | Karl Benz | Germany | 1885 |
Motorcycle | Edward Butler | England | 1884 |
Neon-lamp | G. Claude | France | 1915 |
Nylon | Dr W.H. Carothers | USA | 1937 |
Photography (paper) | W.H. Fox Tablot | England | 1835 |
Printing press | J. Gutenberg | Germany | 1455 |