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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
15 greatest inventions
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Steam Engine
Thomas Savery recived the first patent on an early steam engine. -
Cotton Gin
Invented by Eli Whitney the cotton gin is a machine that separates seeds, hulls and other unwanted materials from cotton. -
Calculator
Invented by Charles Babbage who was also known as the father of the computer. -
Bicycle
Invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillian -
Incandescent Lightbulb
Invented by Thomas Edison although one of 22 credited inventors of the lightbulb his version was able to "outstrip the others because of a combination of three factors: an effective incandescent material, a higher vacuum than others were able to achieve (by use of the Sprengel pump) and a high resistance that made power distribution from a centralized source economically viable." -
Machine Gun
Invented by Richard Gatling although invented during the civil war it wasn't really used. -
Torpedo
Robert Whithead developed the first torpedo used and produced during the First World War. -
Barbed Wire
Joseph Glidden invented one of six patents of Barbed Wire aimed at deterring animals -
The Telephone
Although the likes of Thomas Edison and Elisha Gray where working on a patent for a telecommunications device that would allow two users who are not in the same vicinity to hear each others voices, Alexander Graham Bell was the first to recieve a patent. -
Movies
Invented by Eadweard Muybridge -
Metal Detector
The metal detector was invented by Graham Alexander Bell -
Coca Cola
Invented by John Pemberton as a substitute to his morphine addiction, Coca Cola is now according to Forbes the third most valuable company in the world -
Contact lens
Thomas Young was the inventor of the contact lens which made it possible for people to see without glasses. -
Aspirin
Invented by Felix Hoffman it can " Treat pain, fever, arthritis, and inflammation. It may also be used to reduce the risk of heart attack." -
Air Con
Invented by WIllis Carrier it first application was to de humidify and humidfy a room. -
The Aeroplane
The Wright Brothers succesfully completed the controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight. -
Theory Of Relativity
Theory of Relativity was published by Albert Einstein. -
Penecillin
Discovered by accident by the now famous pharmacologist Alexander Flemming, Penecillin saved 3,000 lives on D-Day alone. Estimations of lives saved by Penecillion that I have come across exceed 100million lives.
