Important Inventions and Their Inventors

In government exams like SSC, Banking, Railways, etc we find many questions from the General Science section. This is a very broad section and sometimes questions are very factual. we will cover the General Science section comprehensively so that students can learn and get most of the questions correct in this section. In this article, we will provide a list of some important Inventions and their Inventors.

Inventions And Their Inventors: Related Facts

• The wheel was the first ever invention in human history. 
  
•  Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. 
  
• The invention of the aeroplane is credited to Wilbur and Orville Wright, who flew their aeroplane for 12 seconds on December 17, 1903. 
  
• Edison invented the lightbulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera. 
  
• George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. 
  
• There are currently more than 230 million patents.  An exclusive right granted to someone for their invention is known as a Patent. 
  
• The first patent was granted in 1421 to the German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg for his printing press. 
  
• In 1876, George Eastman invented paper film, which made photography popular with people from all walks of life. 
  
• Although not an invention, Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin in 1928  when he left a Petri dish uncovered and mould grew on it.10 – The first electric vacuum cleaner was invented in 1901 by Hubert Cecil Booth. 
  
• The first ever self-service gas station opened in the United States of America in 1927. 
  
• The microwave oven was invented by Percy Spencer at Raytheon and patented in 1945.

List of Inventions and their Inventors:

Serial No.	Invention/Discovery	Inventor
1	Adding Machine	Blaise Pascal
2	Aeroplane	Wright brothers
3	Balloon	Jacques and Joseph  Montgolfier
4	Ball–Point pen	Laszlo Biro
5	Barometer	E. Torricelli
6	Bicycle	K. Macmillan
7	Bicycle Tyre	J.B. Dunlop
8	Calculating Machine	Pascal
9	Centigrade Scale	A.Celsius
10	Cinematograph	Thomas Alva Edison
11	Computer	Charles Babbage
12	Cine Camera	Friese-Greene
13	Cinematographe	A.L. and J.L. Lumiere
14	Clock (Mechanical)	Hsing and Ling –Tsan
15	Clock (Pendulum)	C. Huygens
16	Diesel engine	Rudolf Diesel
17	Dynamite	Alfred Nobel
18	Dynamo	Michael Faraday
19	Electric Iron	H.W. Seely
20	Electric lamp	Thomas Alva Edison
21	Electromagnet	W. sturgeon
22	Film	Dr Lee de forest
23	Fountain Pen	LE. Waterman
24	Gas Lighting	William Murdoch
25	Gramophone	T.A . Edison
26	Jet Engine	Sir Frank Whittle
27	Lift	E.G. Otis
28	Locomotive	Richard Trevithick
29	Machine Gun	Richard Gatling
30	Match (Safety)	J.E. Lundstrom
31	Microphone	David Hughes
32	Microscope	Z. Jansen
33	Motor Car (Petrol)	Karl –Benz
34	Motorcycle	Edward Butler