Sunday, March 05, 2006

Inventions and Discoveries - XIII

Pacemaker : Clarence W. Lillehie, Earl Bakk, U.S.A., 1957.
Paper : China, c.100 A.D.
Parachute : Louis S. Lenormand, France, 1783.
Pen : (fountain) Lewis E. Waterman, U.S.A., 1884; (ball-point) John H. Loud, U.S.A., 1888; Lazlo Biro, Argentina, 1944.
Phonograph : Thomas A. Edison, U.S.A., 1877.
Photography : (first paper negative, first photograph, on metal) Joseph Nicephore Niepce, France, 1816-1827; (discovery of fixative powers of hyposulfite of soda) Sir John Herschel, England, 1819; (first direct positive image on silver plate) Louis Dagauerre, based on work with Niepce, France, 1839; (first paper negative from which a number of positive prints could be made) William Talbot, England, 1841. Work of these four men, taken together, forms basis for all modern photography. (First color images) Alexandre Becquerel, Claude Niepce de Saint-Victor, France, 1848-1860; (commercial color film with three emulsion layers, Kodachrome) U.S.A. 1935.
Photovoltaic Effect : (light falling on certain materials can produce electricity) Edmund Becquerel, France, 1839.
Planetary Motion, Laws of : Johannes Kepler, Germany, 1609, 1619.

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