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Medical Inventions and Discoveries

Invention Inventor(s) Country Year
Adding Machine Pascal France 1624
Aeroplane Wright Brothers US 1903
Ballpoint Pen C. Biro Hungary 1888
Barometer E. Torricelli Italy 1643
Bicycle K. Macmillan Scotland 1839
Rubber (Vulcanized) Charles Goodyear US 1839
Rubber (Waterproof) Charles Macintosh Scotland 1823
Safety Lamp Sir Humphry Davy England 1816
Safety Pin W. Hunt US 1849
Sewing Machine B. Thimmonnier France 1830
Scooter G. Bradshaw England 1919
Ship (Steam) J.C. Perier France 1775
Ship (Turbine) Sir Charles Parsons England 1894
Shorthand (Modern) Sir Isaac Pitman England 1894
Spinning Frame Sir Richard Arkwright England 1769
Steam Engine (Piston) Thomas Newcomen England 1705
Steam Engine James Watt Scotland 1782
Stainless Steel Harry Brearley England 1913
Submarine D. Bushnell US 1776
Tank Sir Ernest Swington England 1914
Telegraph Code Samuel F. B. Morse US 1837
Telephone Alexander Graham Bell US 1876
Telescope Hans Lippershey The Netherlands 1608
Television
(Successful Demonstration)
John Logie Baird Scotland 1926
Terylene J. Whinfield and J. Dickson England 1941
Thermometer Galileo Galilee Italy 1593
Tractor Benjamin Holt US 1900
Transistor Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain US 1947
Typewriter C. Sholes US 1867
Radio Valve Sir J.A. Fleming Britain 1904
Watch A. L Breguet France 1791
X-ray Wilhelm Roentgen Germany 1895
Zip Fastener W. L. Judson US 1891

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