German Inventions - Discoveries
Erfindungen - Entdeckungen
Inventions and Discoveries
The list below is similar to the previous list, only in chronological order. It shows German, Austrian, and Swiss inventions and discoveries by the year they appeared. To learn more about an inventor, click on any invention/name link below.
Also see: Das Technologie-Lexikon, our annotated glossary of technology with terms for famous and not-so-famous inventions.
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| Erfindungen / Inventions Chronologically Click on a name or invention for more |
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| Jahr Year |
Erfindung - Entdeckung Invention - Discovery |
Erfinder Inventor |
| 1440 | Buchdruckerkunst movable type | Johannes Gutenberg |
| 1510 | die Unruh balance spring (clockwork) | Peter Henlein |
| 1709 | Alkoholthermometer alcohol thermometer | Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit |
| 1714 | Quecksilberthermometer mercury thermometer | Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit |
| 1850 | Geissler Röhre Geissler (flourescent) tube | Heinrich Geissler |
| 1861 | Telefon telephone | Philipp Reis |
| 1867 | Dynamo dynamo generator | Werner von Siemens |
| 1876 | Kühlschrank ammonia refrigerator | Karl von Linde |
| 1877 | Viertakt-Verbrennungsmotor four-stroke internal combustion engine | Nikolaus August Otto |
| 1884 | Nipkow-Scheibe Nipkow scanning disk (TV) | Paul Nipkow |
| 1884 | Allgemeine Elektrizitätsgesellschaft (AEG) | Emil Rathenau |
| 1885 | Kraftwagen automobile (Daimler-Benz) | Karl Benz |
| 1885 | Kraftwagen automobile (Daimler-Benz) | Gottlieb Daimler |
| 1885 | der Dieselmotor diesel engine | Rudolf Diesel |
| 1887 | Grammophon, Mikrophon gramophone, microphone | Emil Berliner |
| 1888 | Elektromagnetischewellen electromagnetic waves | Heinrich R. Hertz |
| 1892 | Aronssche Röhre, Quecksilberdampflampe Arons tube, mercury vapor lamp | Martin Leo Arons |
| 1895 | Röntgenstrahlen X-rays (discovery), Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 | Wilhelm C. Röntgen |
| 1896 | Segelflugzeug glider | Otto Lilienthal |
| 1897 | Braunsche Röhre cathode-ray tube (Nobel Prize 1909) |
Karl Ferdinand Braun |
| 1899 | Aspirin Aspirin®, aspirin | Felix Hoffmann (Bayer AG) |
| 1900 | Neonlampe flourescent lamp | Edmund Germer |
| 1900 | Zeppelin-Luftschiff rigid airship | Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
| 1902 | Wechselstrom, Blitzforschung alternating current, lightning research | Charles Proteus Steinmetz |
| 1906 | Entkoffeinierung - Decaffeination process patented | Ludwig Roselius |
| 1906 | Wassermann-Test for syphilis | August Paul von Wassermann |
| 1920 | Sportschuh (adidas) athletic shoe | Adolf (Adi) Dassler |
| 1920 | Nobelpreis Nobel Prize, thermochemistry | Walther Hermann Nernst |
| 1928 | Schwangerschaftstest first scientific pregnancy test | Selmar Aschheim |
| 1931 | Elektronenmikroskop electron microscope, Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 | Ernst Ruska |
| 1939 | DDT DDT | Paul H. Müller |
| 1942 | V2-Rakete V2 rocket | Wernher von Braun |
| 1942 | Wechselspektrum spread spectrum technology | Hedy Lamarr (Web) |
| 1945 | Z1-Z4-Rechner Z1-Z4 computers - The Z3 was the first programmable computer | Konrad Zuse |
| 1954 | Kreiskolbenmotor rotary cylinder engine | Felix Wankel |
| 1960 | Redstone-Rakete Redstone rocket (US) | Wernher von Braun |
| 1995 | MP3 MPEG Level 3, Fraunhofer Inst. | Karlheinz Brandenburg Bernhard Grill |
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