Inventions & Discoveries
Archimedes : Invention of the famous Archimedean law, discovery of the principles of lever and specific gravity.
Alexander Fleming : Antibiotic (Penicillin)
Avogadro : An Italian scientists known for Avogadro’s hypothesis.
Bacquarrel : Radio-activity of uranium.
Baird J.L. : Television.
Benjamin Franklin : Lightning conductor.
Bhabha H.J. : Research in cosmic rays and quantum theory.
Binet : Intelligence tests.
Bose, J.C. : Crescograph.
Bose, S.N. : Discovery of nuclear particles ‘Boson’.
Bohr : Electron Theory, Atomic structure.
Bunsen : Spectroscope.
Bushwell : Submarine.
Carothers : Nylon Plastics.
Cavendish : Discovery of hydrogen, rare gases, chemical composition of water.
Charles Darwin : Theory of Evolution; Origin of Species.
Curie, Madame : Radium.
Dalton : Law of partial pressures; Atomic theory; laws of chemical combination; the law of multiple proportions.
Democritus (Greek Philosopher) : Atomic theory.
Dewar : Thermos flask.
Einstein : Theory of relativity.
Euclid : Science of geometry.
Fahrenheit : Fahrenheit mercury thermometric scale in which freezing point is—32° and boiling point is 212°.
Farady : Electromagnetic induction and laws of electrolysis.
Fermi : Artificial splitting of atoms.
Freud : Psycho-analysis.
Gay Lussac : Law of gases.
Herschel. William : Discovered the planet Uranus.
Hertz : Electrical waves.
Hoffman : Aniline dye.
Kelvin, Lord : Dynamic theory of heat.
Khorana, Dr. Hargovind : Interpretation of genetic code.
Lawrence : Invention of cyclotron.
Lee de Forest : Talkies, radio, telephone.
Lockyer : Helium gas.
Louis Braille : Discovered and perfected his system of reading and writing for the blind.
Marconi : Wireless telegraphy, radio.
Maxwell : Electromagnetic theory of light.
Mendel : Laws of heredity.
Mendeleev : Periodic table.
Millikan, R.A. : Cosmic rays.
Newton : Laws of Motion, laws of gravitation.
Nobel : Dynamite.
Otto Hahn : Discovery of uranium fission.
Planck : Quantum theory.
Priestley : Discovery of oxygen.
Raman C.V. : ‘Raman Effect’.
Ramnathan : Molecular scattering of light in fluids.
Ramanujam : A great Indian mathematician.
Ramsay : Discovery of inert gases like Argon, Helium, Neon etc.
Robert Mallet : Seismograph.
Roger Bacon : Discovery of gun powder.
Rontgen : Discovery of X-rays.
Rutherford : Succeeded in splitting the atom for the first time.
Stephenson : British engineer-to put locomotive on the line.
Thomson J.J. : Discovered electron.
Urey : Discovery of Heavy Hydrogen.
Volta : Current electricity and electric battery.
Wright Brothers : Aeroplane
Wadia D.N. : Meteorology.
Ykawa. Hideki : Meson.
a) Radium 1) Roentgen
b) X-ray 2) Alexander Flemming
c) Penicillin 3) Einstein
d) Relativity 4) Madam Curie