Famous Inventors and Their Inventions
Famous Inventors and Their Inventions
Famous Inventors and Their Inventions
Heinrich Rudolph Hertz -- Electromagnetic theory of light and electromagnetic waves. Radio and
electrical frequencies (Hz)
Archimedes -- Archimedes screw, a device used to raise the water level, explained the principle behind
levers, Archimedes principle, accurate value of the 'pi', and many more
Sir Isaac Newton -- Discovered gravity and also invented the reflecting telescope
Karl Friedrich von Drais -- Bicycle, typewriter with keyboard, and wood saving cooker
Benjamin Franklin -- Lighting rod, bifocals, Franklin stove, glass armonica, swim fins, urinary catheter, and
also the carriage odometer
Galileo Galilei -- Geometric compass, better 30X magnification telescope, 'invented' that the sun was the
center of the solar system and not the earth
Nikola Tesla -- AC motor and transformer, vacuum tube amplifier, Tesla coil, X-Ray technology
Leonardo da Vinci -- Lens grinding machine, parachute, Strut bridge, automatic bobbin winder, and also
machine for testing tensile strength of wires
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and K.N. Mathur -- Bhatnagar-Mathur Magnetic Interference Balance
Garrett Augustus Morgan -- Traffic signal, gas mask, and several other things