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1886: Charles Martin Hall and independently Paul Héroult invent the Hall–Héroult process for economically producing aluminum in 1886. 1886: Karl Benz invents the first petrol or gasoline powered auto-mobile (car). [440] 1887: Carl Josef Bayer invents the Bayer process for the production of alumina.
Victor Babeș (1854–1926), Romania – Babesia, the founder of serum therapy. Leo Baekeland (1863–1944), Belgian –American – Velox photographic paper and Bakelite. Ralph H. Baer (1922–2014), German born American – video game console. Adolf von Baeyer (1835–1917), Germany – Fluorescein, synthetic Indigo dye, Phenolphthalein.
a Boston University (see below). b See below. c Two died soon after birth. Alexander Graham Bell (/ ˈɡreɪ.əm /, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) [4] was a Scottish-born [N 1] Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
History of discoveries timeline. Year. Event. 600 BCE. Ancient Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus described static electricity by rubbing fur on substances such as amber. 1600. English scientist William Gilbert coined the word electricus after careful experiments. He also explained the magnetism of Earth. 1660.
Retrieved January 4, 2020. ^ "NIHF Inductee William Lear Invented the Car Radio". www.invent.org. June 5, 2024. Archived from the original on May 20, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020. ^ "National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee Donald Keck Invented Optic Fibers". www.invent.org. June 5, 2024.
The modern-day provisions of the law applied to inventions are laid out in Title 35 of the United States Code (Ch. 950, sec. 1, 66 Stat. 792). From 1836 to 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a total of 7,861,317 patents [ 7 ] relating to several well-known inventions appearing throughout the timeline below.
1920: Arthur Eddington: Stellar nucleosynthesis. 1922: Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Collip, John Macleod: isolation and production of insulin to control diabetes. 1924: Wolfgang Pauli: quantum Pauli exclusion principle. 1924: Edwin Hubble: the discovery that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies.