Das Technologie-Lexikon
Erfindungen und Erfinder
English-German Glossary of Inventions and Inventors
A-L | M-Z
This annotated English-German lexicon is related to our Erfinder page. It includes inventions and discoveries from many countries, including German-speaking ones. To learn more about an invention or inventor, click on any invention link below.
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| Erfindungen und Erfinder Inventions and Inventors A-L |
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| English Invention |
Deutsch Erfindung |
Erfinder/Jahr Inventor/Year |
| A | ||
| air conditioning | die Klimaanlage | W.H. Carrier, 1902 Entire building, 1903 |
| airplane | das Flugzeug | Orville & Wilbur Wright, 1903 |
| airplane, all-metal | das Metallflugzeug | Junker J1, 1915 |
| Junker J1: The German Junker was not only the first all-metal aircraft, but also the first to have cantilever wings (Auslegerflügel) that were not supported by the usual wires and struts. | ||
| alternating current (AC) | der Wechselstrom | Charles Proteus Steinmetz, 1902 |
| aspirin | das Aspirin® | Felix Hoffmann (Bayer AG), 1899 |
| athletic shoe | der Sportschuh (adidas) | Adolf (Adi) Dassler, 1920 |
| atomic bomb | die Atombombe | Robert Oppenheimer (Manhattan Project), 1945 |
| atomic clock | die Atomuhr | 1948 |
| automobile | der Kraftwagen | Karl Benz, 1885 Gottlieb Daimler, 1885 |
| B | ||
| barometer | das Barometer | Evangelista Torricelli, 1643 |
| battery | die Batterie | Alessandro Volta, 1800 |
| bifocal lens | bifokale Linsen | Benjamin Franklin, 1752 |
| Boeing 747 | die Boeing 747 | Boeing, 1970 |
| brassiere, bra | der Bustenhalter, der BH | 1914 (patented) |
| C | ||
| calculator | die Rechenmaschine | William Burroughs, 1888 |
| caterpillar tractor | der Raupenschlepper | Benjamin Holt, 1904 |
| cathode-ray tube, oscilloscope | Braunsche Röhre | Karl Ferdinand Braun, 1897 Nobelpreis 1909 |
| CAT scan (computer axial tomography) | die Computertomografie | Godfrey N. Hounsfield, 1967 |
| CD, compact disk | die CD, Compact Disk | Philips/Sony Corp., 1979 |
| color TV | das Farbfernsehen | NBC, 1953 (first broadcasts) |
| computer (Z1-Z4) | Z1-Z4-Rechner | Konrad Zuse, 1939-45 |
| D | ||
| DDT as insecticide | DDT als Insektizid | Paul H. Müller, 1939 |
| diesel engine | der Dieselmotor | Rudolf Diesel, 1893 |
| dynamite | das Dynamit | Alfred Nobel, 1875 |
| dynamo | das Dynamo | Michael Farraday/Jos. Henry, 1830 |
| dynamo generator | die Dynamomaschine | Werner von Siemens, 1866 |
| E | ||
| earth satellite | der Erdsatellit | Sputnik 1, 1957 |
| electroencephalogram (EEG) | das Elektroenzephalogramm | Hans Berger, 1929 |
| electromagnetic (Hertzian) waves | elektromagnetische Wellen | Heinrich R. Hertz, 1888 |
| electron microscope scanning electron micro. |
das Elektronenmikroskop das Rasterelektronenmikro. |
Ernst Ruska, 1933 Nobelpreis 1986 Zworkin, 1939 |
| elevator, lift | der Personenaufzug | Elisha A. Otis, 1857 |
| escalator | die Rolltreppe | London underground, 1911 |
| F | ||
| facsimile (fax) machine | das Telefax, das Faxgerät | Arthur Korn, 1902 Edouard Belin, 1913 |
| flourescent lamp | die Neonlampe | Edmund Germer, 1900 |
| FM radio | der UKW-Rundfunk | Edwin H. Armstrong, 1933 |
| G | ||
| Geiger counter | der Geigerzähler das Geiger-Müller-Zählrohr |
Hans Geiger, Ernest Rutherford, 1908 |
| Geissler tube | die Geissler Röhre | Heinrich Geissler |
| glider | das Segelflugzeug | Otto Lilienthal, 1896 |
| gramophone | das Grammophon | Emil Berliner, 1887 |
| guide dogs (for blind) | der Blindenhund | Potsdam, Germany, 1918-19 |
| gyroscope | das Kreiselgerät | Leon Foucault, 1852 |
| H | ||
| halogen lamp | die Halogenlampe | 1960 |
| helicopter | der Hubschrauber | Sikorsky, 1909 |
| holography | die Holografie | Dennis Gábor, 1948 |
| hydrogen bomb | die Wasserstoffbombe | 1952 (first explosion) |
| I | ||
| internal combustion engine, 4-stroke | der Viertakt-Verbrennungsmotor der Explosionsmotor |
Nikolaus August Otto, 1876 |
| J | ||
| jeans, Levi's | die Jeans | Levi Strauss, 1850 |
| jet engine | der Düsenmotor | F. Whittle, 1930 (patent) Whittle/Pabst von Ohain, 1937 (built) P. von Ohain, 1939 (first jet flight) |
| K | ||
| kindergarten | der Kindergarten | Friedrich Fröbel, 1837 |
| L | ||
| laser | der Laser | Theodore Maiman, 1960 |
| light-emitting diode (LED) | die Leuchtdiode (LED) | Charles A. Burrus, 1970 |
| lightning rod | der Blitzableiter | Benjamin Franklin, 1752 |
| lightbulb, incandescent | die Glühbirne | T.A. Edison/J. Swan, 1879 |
| liquid-fueled rocket | die Flüssigkeitsrakete | Robt. H. Goddard, 1926 |
| Also see: Erfinder - Inventors | ||
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