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| Douglas Engelbart |
Inventors and their Invention list is one of the common GK that are being frequently asked in various competitive exams. We have tried to give the most comprehensive list ever for the list of inventions. The most important from current affairs perspective is the name of Douglas Engelbart, the inventor of Mouse who died on July 2, 2013. He has also been a pioneer in Hypertext,Groupware,Interactive computing.
The List of Inventors and their Inventions are given below
Scientist’s / Inventor's Name
|
Invention
|
A. Celsius
|
Centrigrade scale
|
A.L. and J.L. Lumiere
|
Cenema
|
A.L. Breguet
|
Watch
|
A.Parker
|
Celluloid
|
Adolph Rickenbacker
|
electric guitar
|
Alessandro Volta
|
Electric Battery
|
Alexander Fleming
|
Penicillin
|
Alexanderson
|
Radio transmitter
|
Alfred B. Nobel
|
Dynamite
|
Alfred Binet
|
I.Q. Test
|
Alfred Kinsey
|
Human Sexuality
|
Alfred Wegener
|
Continental Drift
|
American Viscose Co.
|
Rayon
|
Amundson (1912)
|
South Pole
|
Anderson
|
Positive Electrons
|
Andreas Vesalius
|
New Anatomy
|
Andre-Marie Ampere
|
Galvanometer
|
Antoine Joseph Sax
|
Saxophone
|
Antoine Laurent
Lavoisier
|
Revolution in
Chemistry
|
Archimedes
|
Specific Gravity
|
Archimedes
|
Principle for lever
(S.P.Gravity)
|
Archimedies
|
Archimedean Screw
|
Arthur Eddington
|
Modern Astronomy
|
August Kekule
|
Chemical Structure
|
Avogadro
|
Avogadro's Hypothesis
|
B. F. Goodrich
|
Zipper
|
B. F. Skinner
|
Behaviorism
|
Baird
|
Television
|
Bardeen, Shockley,
Brattain
|
Transistor
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
Bifocal Lens
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
Lightning Conductor
|
Bessemer
|
Steel Melting Process
|
Binet
|
Intelligence test
|
Bohr
|
Electron Theory
|
Bohr and Rutherford
|
Atomic Structure
|
Boyle
|
Boyle's law
|
Braille
|
Printing for the Blind
|
Braun, Dr.Wernher Von
|
Space flying
|
Broquett
|
Helicopter
|
Bunsen
|
Spectroscope
|
C. F. Brush
|
Arc Lamp
|
C. Hugyens
|
Clock (pendulum)
|
C. Sholes
|
Typewriter
|
C.V.Raman
|
Crystal Dynamics
|
C.V.Raman
|
Raman effect
|
Carl Gauss (Karl
Friedrich Gauss)
|
Mathematical Genius
|
Carl Linnaeus
|
Binomial Nomenclature
|
Carlton Mcgee
|
Parking meter
|
Carothers
|
Nylon Plastic
|
Cartwright
|
Powerloom
|
Casimir Funk
|
Vitamin B1
|
Cavandish
|
Rare Gas
|
Cavendish
|
Hydrogen
|
Chadwick
|
Neutron
|
Chandrasekhar
|
Mathematical Astro
Physics
|
Charles Babbage
|
Computer
|
Charles Babbage
|
Difference engine
|
Charles Darwin
|
Evolution
|
Charles Darwin
|
Evolution (theory)
|
Charles Darwin
|
Origin of Species
|
Charles Goodyear
|
rubber (vulcanized)
|
Charles Goodyear
|
Vulcanised Rubber
|
Charles Lyell
|
Modern Geology
|
Charles Macintosh
|
Raincoat
|
Charles Macintosh
|
Rubber (waterproof)
|
Charles Macintosh
|
Waterproof Rubber
|
Charles Sherrington
|
Neurophysiology
|
Chester Carlson
|
zerox machine
|
Christiaan Huygens
|
Wave Theory of Light
|
Christian Barnard
|
Replacing human heart
|
Christopher Cockerell
|
Hovercraft
|
Claude Bernard
|
Founding of Modern
Physiology
|
Claude Levi-Strauss
|
Structural
Anthropology
|
Col. J. Schick
|
Razor (electric)
|
Columbus (1492)
|
West Indies
|
Conrad Elvehjem
|
Vitamin Niacin
|
Copernicus (1540)
|
Solar System
|
Coulomb
|
Fundamental Laws of
Electric Attraction
|
D. T. Smith, E. G.
Hendrick
|
Vitamin B2
|
Daimler
|
Automobile
|
Dalton
|
Atomic Theory
|
Dalton
|
Laws of Multiple
Proportion
|
Darwin
|
Laws of Natural
Selections
|
Darwin
|
Theory of Evolution
|
Dauguerre
|
Photograph
|
David Brewster
|
Kaleidoscope
|
David Bushnell
|
Submarine
|
Dewar
|
Liquid Oxygen
|
Dewar
|
Thermos Flasks
|
Dmitri Mendeleev
|
Periodic Table of
Elements
|
Domagk
|
Sulpha Drugs
|
Dr. A.H. Taylor and
L.C. Young
|
Radar
|
Dr. Alan M. Turing
|
Electronic Computer
|
Dr. Lee de Forest
|
Film (with sound)
|
Dr. Richard Gatling
|
Machine Gun
|
Dr. Wallace H.
Carothers
|
Nylon
|
Dr. William Stokes,
Rene Laennec
|
Stethoscope
|
Dr.Hargobiad Khorana
|
Deciphering the
genetic code
|
Dr.Paul Muller
|
D.D.T.
|
Dr.Philip Drinker
|
Drinker's Chamber of
Iron Lung
|
Dr.Sigmund Freud
|
Psycho-analysis
|
E.G. Otis
|
Lift
|
Edison
|
Incandescent Bulb
|
Edison
|
Phonograph
|
Edmund Cartwright
|
Power Loom
|
Edward Jenner
|
Vaccination
|
Edward Mellanby
|
Vitamin D
|
Edward O. Wilson
|
Sociobiology
|
Edward Teller
|
Bomb
|
Edwin Hubble
|
Modern Telescope
|
Eijkman
|
Beri - Beri
|
Einstein
|
Theory of Relativity
|
Elisha G. Otis
|
Elevator
|
Elmer V. McCollum
|
Vitamin B
|
Elmer V. McCollum and
M. Davis
|
Vitamin A
|
Emil Fischer
|
Organic Chemistry
|
Enrico Fermi
|
Atomic Physics
|
Ernest Rutherford
|
Structure of the Atom
|
Ernst Haeckel
|
Biogenetic Principle
|
Ernst Mayr
|
Evolutionary Theory
|
Erwin Schrodinger
|
Wave Mechanics
|
Euclid
|
Foundations of
Mathematics
|
Euclid
|
Geometry
|
Evangelista Torricelli
|
Barometer
|
F.Banting
|
Insulin
|
Fahrenheit
|
Fahrenheit Scale
|
Fahrenheit
|
Mercury Thermometer
|
Faraday
|
Electricity
|
Faraday
|
Induction of Electric
Current
|
Faraday
|
Law of Electrolysis
|
Francis Crick
|
Molecular Biology
|
Francis Galton
|
Eugenics
|
Frank Whittle
|
Jet Propulsion
|
Franz Boas
|
Modern Anthropology
|
Frederick Sanger
|
Genetic Code
|
Friese-Greene
|
Cine camera
|
Fulton
|
Steam boat
|
G. Bradshaw
|
Scooter
|
G. Claude
|
Neon-lamp
|
G. Ferdinand Von
Zeppelin
|
Airship (rigid)
|
G. Marconi
|
Radio
|
Galileo
|
Telescope
|
Galileo Galilei
|
New Science
|
Galileo Gallei
|
Thermometer
|
Gauss
|
Electric Measurement
|
Gay Lussac
|
Law of gases
|
George Eastman
|
Camera
|
George Gaylord Simpson
|
Tempo of Evolution
|
George Westinghouse
|
Air Brake
|
Gertrude Belle Elion
|
Pharmacology
|
Gottlieb Daimler
|
Carburetor
|
Gottlieb Daimler
|
Carburettor
|
Gregor Mendel
|
Laws of Inheritance
|
Gregory Mandel
|
Laws of Heredity
|
Gustav Kirchhoff
|
Spectroscopy
|
H. W. Seeley
|
Electric Flat Iron
|
H.C.Urey
|
Deuterium (Heavy
Water)
|
H.W. Seeley
|
Electric iron
|
Hadley
|
Sextant
|
Hahnemann
|
Homoeopathy
|
Hans Bethe
|
Energy of the Sun
|
Hans Selye
|
Stress Concept
|
Harry Brearley
|
Stainless Steel
|
Harvey
|
Blood Circulation
|
Heike Kamerlingh
|
Superconductivity
|
Heitz
|
Electrical Waves
|
Henry Becquerel
|
Radio-activity of Uranium
|
Henry Bessemer
|
Steel production
|
Henry Great Head
|
Life Boat
|
Herbert Evans and
Katherine Bishop
|
Vitamin E
|
Hermann Fottinger
|
Automatic gearbox
|
Hermann von Helmholtz
|
Rise of German Science
|
Herschel William
|
Uranus (Planet)
|
Hideki Yakawa
|
Meson
|
Hippalus
|
Scientific astronomy
|
Hoffman
|
Aniline Dyes
|
Hopkins and Funk
|
Vitamins
|
Hsing and Ling-Tsan
|
Clock (machanical)
|
Isaac Newton
|
Newtonian Revolution
|
J. Froelich
|
Tractor
|
J. Whinfield and H.
Dickson
|
Terylene
|
J.B. Dunlop
|
Bicycle Tyre
|
J.C. Perier
|
Ship (steam)
|
J.C.Bose
|
Crescograph
|
J.E. Lurdstrom
|
Match (safety)
|
J.J.Thomson
|
Electrons
|
Jacob Schick
|
Electric razor
|
Jacques and Joseph
Montgolfier
|
Balloon
|
James Clerk Maxwell
|
Electromagnetic Field
|
James Hargreaves
|
Spinning jenny
|
James Harrison and
James Young Simpson
|
Chloroform
|
James Harrison,
Alexander Catlin
|
Refrigerator
|
James Lind
|
Vitamin C
|
James Watson
|
Structure of DNA
|
James Watt
|
Steam Engine
|
James Watt
|
Steam engine
(condenser)
|
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
|
Foundations of Biology
|
Jean Piaget
|
Child Development
|
Johann Phillip Reis,
Alexander Graham Bell, Elisha Gray, Amos E. Dolbear, and Thomas Edison
|
Microphone
|
Johann Vaaler
|
Paper clip
|
Johannes Gutenberg
|
Printing Press
|
Johannes Kepler
|
Motion of the Planets
|
John Boyd Dunlop
|
Pneumatic Tyres
|
John Dalton
|
Theory of the Atom
|
John Harrison
|
Chronometer
|
John J. Loud
|
Ball-Point Pen
|
John Logie Baird
|
Television
(mechanical)
|
John Napier
|
Logarithmic Tables
|
John Napier
|
Logarithms
|
John von Neumann
|
Modern Computer
|
Joseph Aspdin
|
Cement
|
Joseph J. Thomson
|
Electron
|
Joule, James Prescoft
|
Measurement of
Electrical Energy
|
Joules
|
Mechanical Equivalent
of Heat
|
K.G. Gillete
|
Raazor (safety)
|
Karl Benz
|
Automobiles using
gasoline
|
Karl Benz
|
Gasoline engine
|
Karl Butler
|
Motor Car (petrol)
|
Karl Landsteiner
|
Blood Groups
|
Kepler
|
Laws of Planetary
Motion
|
King C. Gillette
|
Safety Razor
|
Kirkpatrick Macmillan
|
Bicycle
|
Kodak
|
Film &
Photographic goods
|
Konrad Lorenz
|
Ethology
|
Lablanc
|
Washing Soda
|
Lawrence
|
Cyclotron
|
Lee-de-Frost
|
Talkies
|
Leo H Baekeland
|
Bakelite
|
Levi Strauss
|
Jeans
|
Lewis E. Waterman
|
Fountain Pen
|
Lippman
|
Coloured Photography
|
llly Brandt
|
T.N.T.
|
Lockyer
|
Helium Gas
|
Lord Joseph Lister
|
Antiseptic Surgery
|
Lord Kelvin
|
Dynamical theory of
Heat
|
Louis Braille
|
Braille
|
Louis Pasteur
|
Germ Theory of Disease
|
Louis Pasteur
|
Hydrophobia
|
Louis Pasteur
|
Rabies Vaccine
|
Louis Victor de
Broglie
|
Wave/Particle Duality
|
Lucretius
|
Scientific Thinking
|
Lucy Wills
|
Vitamin Folic acid
|
Ludwig Boltzmann
|
Thermodynamics
|
Lynn Margulis
|
Symbiosis Theory
|
Madame Curie
|
Radium
|
Marcello Malpighi
|
Microscopic Anatomy
|
Marcony
|
Wireless Telegraphy
|
Maria Montessori
|
Montessori Method
|
Marie Curie
|
Radioactivity
|
Max Born
|
Quantum Mechanics
|
Max Delbruck
|
Bacteriophage
|
Max Planck
|
Quanta
|
Max plank
|
Quantum Theory
|
Max von Laue
|
X-ray Crystallography
|
Maxwell
|
Electromagnetic Theory
|
Meghnad Saha
|
Effect of Pressure on
trough bodies
|
Mendeleef
|
Periodic Law
|
Mergenthaler
|
Linotype
|
Michael Faraday
|
Classical Field Theory
|
Michael Faraday
|
Dynamo
|
Michael Faraday
|
Electric Generator
|
Michael Faraday
|
Transformer
|
Mosley
|
Atomic Number
|
Murray Gell-Mann
|
Eightfold Way
|
N.R.Finsen
|
Phototherapy
|
Neils Bohr
|
Atom
|
Newton
|
Laws of Gravitation
|
Newton
|
Laws of Motion
|
Nicolaus Copernicus
|
Heliocentric Universe
|
Nikola Tesla
|
Electric Motor (AC)
|
Ohm
|
Laws of Electrical
Resistance
|
Oho Hahn
|
Uranium fusion
|
Oliver Lodge
|
Wireless Communication
|
Otis
|
Lift (Elevators)
|
Otto
|
Internal Combustion
Engine
|
Otto Hahn, Bohr and
Fermi
|
Nuclear Fission
|
Otto von Guericke
|
Air Pump
|
Parsons
|
Steam Turbine
|
Pascal
|
Adding Machine
|
Pascal
|
Calculating machine
|
Paul Ehrlich
|
Chemotherapy
|
Paul Gyorgy
|
Vitamin B6
|
Pavlov
|
Theory of conditioned
reflex
|
Perkin
|
Mauve dye
|
Peter Goldmark
|
The long playing
microgroove record
|
Pierre Simon de
Laplace
|
Newtonian Mechanics
|
Plimsoll
|
Line of demarcation
(ship)
|
Priestley
|
Laughing Gas
|
Priestly
|
Oxygen
|
R.A.Millikan
|
Cosmic Rays
|
Ramanathan
|
Molecular Scattering
of light in fluid
|
Ramanujam
|
In Number Theory
|
Ramsay, Travers
|
Neon Gas
|
Richard Feynman
|
Quantum
Electrodynamics
|
Richard Trevithick
|
Locomotive
|
Robert Koch
|
Bacteriology
|
Robert Koch
|
Cholera Bacillus
|
Robert Peary (1909)
|
North Pole
|
Robert Recorde
|
Equal sign (=)?
|
Robert Wilhelm Von
Bunsen
|
Laboratory Gas Burner
|
Roberts Mallet
|
Seismograph
|
Roentgen
|
X - Rays
|
Rogei Bacon
|
Gun powder
|
Rohm Korff
|
Induction Coil
|
Ronald Ross
|
Malarial Parasite
|
Rudolf Diesel
|
Diesel Engine
|
Rudolf Diesel
|
Diesel Oil Engine
|
Rudolf Virchow
|
Cell Doctrine
|
Rutherford
|
Breaking up the
Nucleus of an atom
|
S.N.Bose
|
Boson
|
Salk
|
Salk Vaccine
|
Samuel Colt
|
Revolver
|
Samuel Morse
|
Telegraph
|
Samuel Morse
|
Telegraphic Code
|
Shalimar
|
Paints
|
Sigmund Freud
|
Psychology of the
Unconscious
|
Sir Alexander Graham
Bell
|
Telephone
|
Sir Charles Parsons
|
Ship (turbine)
|
Sir Ernest Swington
|
Tank
|
Sir Frank Whittle
|
Jet Engine
|
Sir George Caley
|
Glider
|
Sir Humphrey Davy
|
Safety lamp
|
Sir Isaac Pitman
|
Shorthand
|
Sir J.A. Fleming
|
Valve of radio
|
Sir Richard Arkwight
|
Spinning frame
|
Stephen Hawking
|
Quantum Cosmology
|
Stephenson
|
Railway Engine
|
Theodosius Dobzhansky
|
Modern Synthesis
|
Thomas Alva Edison
|
Cinematograph
|
Thomas Alva Edison
|
Cinematography
|
Thomas Alva Edison
|
Electric Lamp
|
Thomas Alva Edison
|
Gramophone
|
Thomas Alva Edison
|
Movie Projector
|
Thomas Hunt Morgan
|
Chromosomal Theory of
Heredity
|
Thomas Newcome
|
Steam engine (piston)
|
Thomas Saint
|
Sewing Machine
|
Tim Berners Lee
|
World Wide Web and
Hypertext Markup Language
|
Trofim Lysenko
|
Soviet Genetics
|
Tycho Brahe
|
New Astronomy
|
U.N.Brahmachari
|
Kala-azar Fever
|
Urey
|
Heavy Hydrogen
|
Valentine
|
Bismuth
|
W. L. Judson
|
Zip fastener
|
W.H. Fox Tablot
|
Photography (paper)
|
Werner Heisenberg
|
Quantum Theory
|
Wilhelm Reontgen
|
X-ray
|
Wilhelm Wundt
|
Founding of Psychology
|
Willard Libby
|
Radioactive Dating
|
William Bayliss
|
Modern Physiology
|
William Burroughs
|
Cash register
|
William Harvey
|
Circulation of the
Blood
|
William Herschel
|
Heavens
|
William Hurst
|
Safety Pin
|
William Murdoch
|
Gas lighting
|
William Oughtred
|
Symbol (x)?
|
William Siemens
|
Electric Furnace
|
William Sturgeon
|
Electromagnet
|
Wright brothers
|
Aeroplane
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