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German inventions and discoveries are ideas, objects, processes or techniques invented, innovated or discovered, partially or entirely, by Germans. Often, things discovered for the first time are also called inventions and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two. German-born Albert Einstein, world-famous physicist
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: German scientist credited with the development of the electrophorus. Justus von Liebig: German chemist who made contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry. Otto Lilienthal: Father of Aviation and first successful aviator. Main discovery was the properties and shape of the wing.
German inventions of the Nazi period (1 C, 57 P) S. Skat (card game) (28 P) ... Goose step; Gyrocompass; H. Haber process; Heinkel He 176; Hellschreiber; Hole punch ...
German scientist Thomas Johann Seebeck discovered thermoelectricity: 1825: English physicist William Sturgeon developed the first electromagnet: 1827: German physicist Georg Ohm introduced the concept of electrical resistance: 1831: English physicist Michael Faraday published the law of induction (Joseph Henry developed the same law ...
The global spread of the printing press with movable types and an oil-based ink was a process that began around 1440 with the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400–1468) and continued until the introduction of printing based on this procedure in all parts of the world in the 19th century, thus creating the conditions ...
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Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde (11 June 1842 – 16 November 1934) was a German scientist, engineer, and businessman. He discovered the refrigeration cycle and invented the first industrial-scale air separation and gas liquefaction processes, which led to the first reliable and efficient compressed-ammonia refrigerator in 1876.
The German word Eierlein "little egg" is a corruption of a diminutive of Uhr (Middle Low German ûr, from Latin hora) "clock", Aeurlein or Ueurlein (Modern German Ührlein). The association with "eggs" may arise with a 1571 translation of Rabelais by Johann Fischart in 1571; Fischart translated as Eierlein an instance of Ueurlein in Rabelais.