Famous Scientists and Their Inventions

Famous Scientists	Life Period	Inventions
Archimedes	287-212 BC	Archimedean principle, famous theory of buoyancy and many mathematical and mechanical discoveries. You can read more in detail on Archimedes inventions
Heinrich Hertz	1857-1894	Electromagnetic theory of light and electromagnetic waves.
Andre Marie Ampere	1775-1836	Unit of measurement to measure electric current
Amedeo Avogadro	1776-1856	Avogadro's Law, that is, "equal volumes of different gases, pressure and temperature being equal, contain the same number of molecules".
Neils Hendrik David Bohr	1885-1962	Bohr Model of Atom
Johannes Gutenberg	398-1468	Letterpress printing press also known as mechanical printing press.
Albert Einstein	1879-1955	Theory of Relativity, photoelectric effect and lots more
Rudolf Diesel	1858-1913	Combustion engine.
Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen	1845-1923	X-ray
Karl Friedrich von Drais	1785-1851	Bicycle
Peter Henlein	1479-1542	Pocket Watch
Ferdinand Verbiest	1623-1688	Verbiest invented the first ever car.
Graham Bell	1847-1922	Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone.
Philipp Reis	1834-1874	Reis is known for the early invention of telephone
John Logie Baird	1888-1946	John Logie Baird invented the television. You can read more on invention of television
Werner von Siemens	1816-1892	Dynamo
Hans von Ohain	1911-1998	Jet engine
Artur Fischer	1919	Fischertechnik
Felix Hoffmann	1868-1946	Aspirin
Hugo Junkers	1859-1935	Civilian avion
Otto Lilienthal	1848-1896	Gliding flights
Melitta Bentz	1873-1950	Coffee Filter
Konrad Zuse	1910-1995	First 'working' computer. You can read more on the original idea of computers and also about Charles Babbage who invented the computer.
Gottlieb Daimler	1834-1900	Automobile and internal combustion machine
Robert Koch	1843-1910	Isolation of Bacillus anthracis, tuberculosis bacteria and Vibrio cholerae. Also known for his Koch's postulates.
Karlheinz Brandenburg	1954	MP3 Technology
Heinrich Gobel	1818-1893	Incandescent light bulb
Samuel Hahnemann	1755-1843	Creation of alternative medicine practice called Homeopathy
Heinrich Focke	1890-1979	Helicopter
Levi Strauss	1829-1902	Jeans
Otto Hahn	1879-1968	Nuclear fission and known as the 'father of nuclear chemistry'.
Julius Lothar Meyer	1830-1895	First person to draw the periodic table of chemical elements
Emil Berliner	1851-1929	Record Player
Rudolf Hell	1901-2002	Formulated technology for Scanner and Fax
Fritz Pfleumer	1881-1945	Audio tape
Thomas Edison	1847-1931	Electric light bulb. You can read more on Thomas Edison inventions
Elias Howe	1819-1867	Sewing machine
Laszlo Jozsef Bíro	1899-1985	Ballpoint pen
Garrett Augustus Morgan	1877-1963	Traffic signal, respiratory protective mask (gas mask), hair straightening preparation.
Samuel F. B. Morse	1791-1872	Telegraph invention
Percy Spencer	1894-1970	Microwave oven
Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright	1871-1948, 1867-1912	Airplane invention
Benjamin Franklin	1706-1790	One of the founding fathers of America, Franklin is attributed to have invented electricity