Famous Inventors and Their Famous Inventions Timeline

Agreicola, Georgius
Mine drainage pump, 1494-1555

Ampere, Andre
Currents in a magnetic field, 1775-1836

Archimedes
Mathematics (pi) and hydrostatics, 287-212 BC

Becquerel, Henri
Radioactivity, 1852-1908

Bell, Alexander
Telephone, harmonic telegraph, 1847-1922

Benz, Karl
Car electrical ignition, radiator, 1844-1929

Carlson, Chester
Xerography photocopying, 1906-1968

Coulomb, Charles
Electrostatics, torsion balance, 1736-1806

Daguerre, Louis
Photographic process, 1757-1851

Davy, Sir Humphrey
Miner's safety lamp, 1778-1829

Dewar, Sir James
Vacuum insulated flask, 1842-1923

Diesel, Rudolf
Diesel engine, 1858-1913

Edison, Thomas
Lightbulb, phonograph, 1847-1931

Franklin, Benjamin
Bifocals, lightning rod, 1706-1790

Goldmark, Peter
Gramophone, 1906-1977

Guericke, Otto von
Air pump, 1602-1686

Gutenberg, Johann
Movable type printing, 1394-1468

Hargraves, James
Spinning jenny, 1720-1778

Kelvin, Lord (William Thompson)
Galvanometer, 1824-1907

Lumiere, Louis
Cinema (moving pictures), 1864-1948

Marconi, Guglielmo
Wireless telegraphy, 1874-1937

Marey, Etienne Jules
Sphygmograph, 1830-1904

Maxim, Sir Hiram
Automatic machine gun, 1840-1916

Morse, Samuel

Telegraph, 1791-1872

Nasmyth, James
Steam hammer, 1808-1890

Newcomen, Thomas
Steam engine, 1663-1729

Newton, Sir Isaac
Reflecting telescope, 1642-1727

Nobel, Alfred
Dynamite, 1833-1896

Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad

X-ray imaging, 1845-1923

Sperry, Elmer
Gyrocompass, 1860-1930

Trevithick, Richard
High pressure steam engine, 1771-1833

Volta, Alessandro
Voltaic pile (battery), 1745-1827

Whitney, Eli
Cotton gin, milling machine, 1765-1825

Wright, Wilber & Orville
Airplane, 1867-1912, 1871-1948

Zworykin, Vladimir
Iconoscope, 1889-1982

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