Roger Bacon- The magnifying glass was developed by Roger Bacon in the 13th Century Bacon (1214–1292) was a lecturer at Oxford University who conducted many experiments with mirrors to help explain the laws of refraction and reflection. He is accredited with inventing the convex lens simply because he was the first to describe its properties, […]
Who invented the iPod?
Apple Inc. – The ipod was invented by the American company Apple Inc in 2001. Whilst Apple Inc are firmly recognised as the inventors of the ipod the original concept of a digital storage and music player was drawn up by an Englishman Kane Kramer. When he was aged 23 he drew a rough design […]
Who invented stainless steel?
Stainless steel is used for architectural buildings, jewelry, watches, automotive parts, firearm components and has many other applications. Stainless steel is used for the most decisive property of non rusting or corrosion as compared to other metals. In the earlier years, stainless steel was sold in the US under various names such as Allegheny metal […]
Who invented numbers?
The number system is extremely old and has been expressed in many ancient cultures for practical uses. Currently the most popular type of number system that is prevalent today is known as the Hindu Arabic numerals. The number system notation development is credited to two great mathematicians from ancient India, Aryabhat (5th century BC) and […]
Who invented number zero?
The word zero is attributed to many ancient cultures and is most likely a corrupt version of the Arabic spelling safira which meant it was empty. Coming down from the French cipher and zero, it finally became the word zero. The invention of zero as a number and not just for place position is generally […]
Who invented potato clock?
Potato clock was invented by William A. Borst in 1983. William was helping his stepdaughter in her science project when he was reminded of one of his physics class in which potatoes were used to generate energy. William fixed two metal prods into a potato and potato battery was made ready to generate energy. He […]
Who invented taximeter?
Taximeter was invented by, a German Wilhelm Bruhn in 1891. The word taximeter was derived from two words; a French word taxe meaning price and a Greek word metron meaning measure. Though earlier also there were patents for calculating fares such as “Patent Mile Index“ registered in 1847 and “Kilometric “ registered in 1858 but […]
