Das Technologie-Lexikon
Erfindungen und Erfinder M-Z
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 M-Z |
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| English Invention |
Deutsch Erfindung |
Erfinder/Jahr Inventor/Year |
| M | ||
| machine gun | das Maschinengewehr | R. Gatling, 1861 |
| magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) | die Kernspintomografie | John Malland, 1973 |
| magnetic tape recorder (see "tape recorder") | ||
| match (friction) | das Zündholz | John Walker, 1827 |
| mercury-vapor lamp | die Aronssche Röhre die Quecksilberdampflampe |
Martin Leo Arons, 1892 |
| microphone (carbon) | das Kohlemikrofon | Emil Berliner/Edison, 1877 |
| microphone (electret) | das Elekretmikrofon | Gerhard Sessler, 19?? |
| microprocessor (computer) integrated circuit |
der Mikroprozessor | R. Noyce/J. Kilby, 1961 (patent) |
| microscope (compound) | das Mikroskop | Zacharias Janssen, 1590 |
| Mikroskop: Janssen was Dutch. The German Johannes Kepler developed an improved compound microscope in 1610, essentially the same design used today. Also see "electron microscope." | ||
| modem | das Modem | Bell Labs, 1958 |
| motor (see "internal combustion engine") | ||
| moon landing (unmanned) | die Mondlandung (unbemannt) | Lunik 2, 1959 |
| moon landing (manned) | die Mondlandung (bemannt) | NASA, 1969 |
| motorbike, motorcycle | das Motorrad | Gottlieb Daimler, 1885 |
| motor boat | das Motorboot | Gottlieb Daimler, 1883 |
| movable type, book printing | die Buchdruckerkunst Buchdruck mit beweglichen Lettern |
Johannes Gutenberg, 1447 |
| MP3, MPEG Level 3 | MP3 - Fraunhofer Institut | Karlheinz Brandenburg Bernhard Grill, 1995 |
| N | ||
| Nipkow scanning disk (TV) | die Nipkow-Scheibe | Paul Nipkow, 1884 |
| nuclear reactor | der Atommeiler, der Kernreaktor | Enrico Fermi, 1942 |
| O | ||
| optical fiber (fiber optics) | optische Fasern | N.S. Kapany, 1955 |
| P | ||
| personal computer (PC) | der PC (PAY-SAY) | S. Jobs/S. Wozniak (Apple), 1976 |
| photography | die Fotografie | Louis-Jacques Daguerre, 1839 |
| pneumatic tire | der Luftreifen | J.B. Dunlop, 1888 |
| Polaroid camera | die Polaroidkamera | Edwin H. Land, 1947 |
| printing press (see "movable type") | ||
| punch card | die Lochkarte | Herman Hollerith, 1890 |
| Lochkarte: First used for the 1890 census, later for computers. | ||
| R | ||
| radar | das/der Radar | G. Breit/M. Tuve, 1925 Robert Watson-Watt, 1935 |
| radio | der Rundfunk | Guglielmo Marconi, 1895 |
| radio broadcasting (first commercial station) |
erster Radiosender | KDKA, Pittsburgh, PA, 1920 |
| refrigerator | der Kühlschrank | Karl von Linde, 1876 |
| rocket (V2) | die Rakete (V2) | Wernher von Braun, 1940 |
| rotary-cylinder engine | der Kreiskolbenmotor (Patent 1902) | Felix Wankel, 1954 |
| S | ||
| seismograph | der Seismograf | Emil Wiechert, 1900 |
| semi-trailer (truck) articulated lorry |
der Sattelschlepper | August Fruehauf, 1915 |
| Sattelschlepper: August Fruehauf was a Detroit blacksmith. | ||
| sonar | das Sonar, Echolot | Paul Langevin, 1915 |
| spark plug | die Zündkerze | Robert Bosch, 1902 |
| spread spectrum technology | das Wechselspektrumverfahren | Hedy Lamarr (Web), 1942 |
| steam engine | die Dampfmaschine | James Watt, 1765 |
| steam ship | das Dampfschiff | Jauffray d'Abbans, 1783 |
| T | ||
| tape recorder (audio) | das Tonbandgerät | I.G. Farben AG, 1930 |
| telephone | der Fernsprecher/das Telefon | Philipp Reis, 1860 |
| teletype, telex | der Fernschreiber | Edward Kleinschmidt, 1914 |
| theory of relativity | die Relativitätstheorie | Albert Einstein, 1905 |
| thermochemistry | die Thermochemie | Walther Hermann Nernst Nobelpreis 1920 |
| thermometer | das Thermometer | Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, 1717 |
| transistor | der Transistor | Bardeen/Brattain/Shockley (Bell Labs), 1947 |
| V | ||
| V2 rocket | die V2-Rakete | Wernher von Braun, 1940 |
| Velcro® | das Velcro® | George de Mestral, 1948 Patented 1955 |
| video tape recorder | der Videorecorder | Ampex, 1956 |
| Volkswagen "Beetle" | der Volkswagen («Käfer») | F. Porsche, 1936 |
| vulcanized rubber | vulkanisierter Kautschuk | C. Goodyear, 1839 |
| X | ||
| X-rays (discovery) | Röntgenstrahlen | Wilhelm C. Röntgen, 1895 |
| Z | ||
| zeppelin, rigid airship | das Zeppelin-Luftschiff | Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin, 1900 |
| zipper | der Reißverschluss | Gideon Sundback, 1913 |
| Reißverschluss: Sundback founded the Hookless Fastener Co. and developed an improved version in 1914, but his product didn't really catch on until 1923, when the Hookless No. 2 slide fastener was used on rubber galoshes and dubbed the "zipper" by a B.F. Goodrich salesman. | ||
| Also: Erfinder - Inventors | ||
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