Important Inventions and Inventors


1. Eyeglasses were invented in Italy in 1286.

2. The BALLPOINT PEN, invented by the Biro Brothers, belongs to Hungary.

3. The bulb was invented by Thomas Edison.

4. The barometer, invented by Torricelli, is associated with Italy.

5. The digital computer was invented by John Vincent Atanasoff.

6. The Jet Engine was invented by Sir Frank Whittle.

7. Enrico Fermi invented the Nuclear reactor.

8. Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel.

9. The battery was invented by Alessandro Volta.

10. The fan was invented by Schuyler Skaats Wheeler.

11. The electric motor was invented by Michael Faraday.

12. Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio in 1895.

13. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

14. The barcode scanner was invented in the 1970s.

15. The game Frisbee was invented in the 1870s.

16. The waterbed was invented by Charles Prior Hall in 1968.

17. The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper.

18. Edwin Budding invented the lawnmower, which belongs to England.

19. Paper was first invented in China.

20. Optical fiber was invented by Narinder Kapany.

21. The oldest invention among the options is the clock.

22. The AK-47 assault rifle was credited to Mikhail Kalashnikov.

23. The parachute caused many deaths while testing.

24. Johannes Gutenberg is credited with inventing the printing press.

25. Tim Berners-Lee is associated with the development of the World Wide Web.

26. Alexander Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone.

27. Christopher Sholes created the first commercially successful typewriter.

28. Alan Turing is considered the father of modern computer science and artificial intelligence.

29. Albert Einstein developed the theory of relativity.

30. Louis Daguerre invented the first practical camera.

31. The Wright brothers (Wilbur and Orville) invented the first successful airplane.

32. Nikola Tesla is credited with inventing the alternating current (AC) electrical system.

33. Michael Faraday developed the first practical electric motor.

34. Charles Babbage is credited with inventing the modern computer.

35. James Watt invented the first successful steam engine.

36. Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio.

37. Henry Ford is associated with the development of the assembly line production system.

38. Alessandro Volta invented the first practical electric battery.

39. George Eastman invented the modern camera.

40. The Wright brothers (Wilbur and Orville) invented the first successful airplane engine.

41. Nikola Tesla is credited with inventing the first practical electric vehicle.

42. Robert Fulton developed the first practical steamboat.

43. John von Neumann is credited with inventing the first practical electronic computer.

44. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press.

45. Willis Carrier is associated with the development of the modern air conditioning system.

46. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

47. Louis Daguerre is credited with inventing the first practical photographic film.

48. Karl Benz is credited with inventing the first practical automobile.

49. Jacob Schick developed the first practical electric razor.

50. Robert Noyce is credited with inventing the first practical integrated circuit (microchip).

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