Discoveries Flashcards
(38 cards)
1
Q
Antibiotic (Penicillin)
A
Alexander Fleming
2
Q
Aspirin
A
Felix Hoffmann
3
Q
Blood circulation
A
William Harvey
4
Q
Blood group
A
K. Landsteiner
5
Q
Cholera/TB germs
A
Robert Koch
6
Q
Electro cardiogram (ECG)
A
Williem Einthoven
7
Q
Heart transplant surgery
A
Christian Barnard
8
Q
Malaria germs
A
A. Laveran
9
Q
Ultrasound
A
lan Donald
10
Q
Aeroplane
A
Wright Brothers
11
Q
Bicycle
A
K. Macmillan
12
Q
Centigrade scale
A
A. Celsius
13
Q
Computer
A
Charles Babbage
14
Q
Diesel engine
A
Rudolf Diesel
15
Q
Dynamite
A
Alfred Nobel
16
Q
Dynamo
A
Michael Faraday
17
Q
Electric lamp
A
Thomas Alva Edison
18
Q
Fountain pen
A
L.E. Waterman
19
Q
Gramophone
A
Thomas Alva Edison
20
Q
Jet engine
A
Sir Frank Whittle
21
Q
Microphone
A
David Hughes
22
Q
Microscope
A
Z. Jansen
23
Q
Radium
A
Marie and Pierre Curie
24
Q
Safety lamp
A
Sir Humphery
25
Safety pin
Davy William Hurst
26
Sewing machine
B. Thimmonnier
27
Shorthand (modern)
Sir Isaac Pitman
28
Steam engine (piston)
Thomas Newcome
29
Steam engine (condenser)
James Watt
30
Telegraph code
Samuel F,B. Morse
31
Telescope
Hans Lippershey
32
Television
John Logie Baird
33
Thermometer
Galileo Galliei
34
Xray
Wilhelm Roentgen
35
Smallpox vaccine
Edward Jenner
36
Cholera Rabies Vaccine
Louis Pasteur
37
TB vaccine
Leon Calmette and Camilla Guerin
38
Polio vaccine
JE. Salk
