List of Names of Significant People/Companies and their Accomplishments

NAME Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Stephen Gray Luigi Galvani Alessandro Volta William Herschel J. W. Jitter E. E. Fournier d Albe Hans Christian Oersted T. J. Seebeck
Jean Baptiste/Joseph Fourier

ACCOMPLISHMENT Invented the Leibniz wheel mechanical calculating machine in 1672 Discovered the difference between conductors and insulators in 1729 Discovered Galvanic action in 1780 Invented the electric dry cell in 1800 Discovered infrared radiation in 1800 Discovered ultraviolet radiation in 1801 Invented Optophone in 1817 Discovered electromagnetism and invented galvanometer in 1820 Discovered thermoelectricity in 1821 Developed Fourier analysis in 1828 Formulated Ohms law 1826 Discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831 Invented the transformer in 1831 Invented the 1st computer with memory, control, arithmetic unit & I/O in 1833 Formulated the law of electrolysis in 1834 Invented telegraphy in 1837 Invented the electric motor in 1837 Invented the magnetohydrodynamic battery in 1839 Discovered the photovoltaic effect in 1839 Invented the fuel cell in 1839 Invented thermography in 1840 Invented the differential resistance measurer in 1843 Invented facsimile reproduction in 1843 Formulated KCL and KVL in 1845 Invented submarine cable insulation in 1847 Discovered magnetostriction in 1847 Developed Boolean algebra in 1848 Invented thermistor in 1850 Invented diaphragm type microphone in 1860 Invented the lead acid cell in 1860 Discovered the radio wave propagation in 1865 Invented the Leclanche cell in 1868 Invented the phonograph or gramophone in 1877
Invented the carbon granule microphone transmitter using multiple loose contact in 1878

George S. Ohm Michael Faraday Michael Faraday Charles Babbage Michael Faraday Samuel Morse Thomas Davenport Michael Faraday Edmond Becquerel William Grove John Herschel Charles Wheatstone Alexander Bain Gustav Kirchhoff Werner Siemens James Prescot Joule George Boole Michael Faraday J. P. Reis Plante James Clerk Maxwell George Leclanche Thomas Alva Edison Henry Hunnings Augustus Desire Waller Nikola Tesla Almon Brown Strowger Joseph John Thomson Wilhelm Roentgen Guglielmo Marconi

Invented the electrocardiograph in 1887 Invented the induction motor in 1888 Invented the Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange in 1889
The first to study the possibility of waves traveling in hollow pipes or waveguides in 1893

Discovered X-rays in 1895 Patented wireless telegraphy in 1896

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List of Names of Significant People/Companies and their Accomplishments

NAME Joseph John Thomson Thomas Alva Edison
Oliver Heaviside/Arthur Kennelly

Max Planck Ernst Danielson John Ambrose Fleming Albert Einstein Reginald Fessenden Lee De Forest Alessandro Artom Thadius Cahill Kamerlingh Onnes J. R. Carson W. Schottky Vladimir Zworykin Edward Appleton H. J. Round H. S. Black Tellegen and Hoist Julius Lilienfield James Chadwick E H Armstrong Westinghouse Co. Oskar Heil Chester Carlson Norbert Weiner Moore School University of Pennsylvania
National Bureau of Standards

ACCOMPLISHMENT Discovered electron in 1897 Invented Nickel-iron cell in 1900 Discovered Heaviside Kennelly layer in the upper atmosphere in 1901 Formulated the quantum theory in 1900 Invented synchronous induction motor in 1902 Invented vacuum tube diode in 1904 Formulated the theory of relativity in 1905 Conducted the first documented radio broadcasting of speech and music in 1906 Invented the VT triode in 1906 Invented goniometer in 1907 Invented electric organ in 1908 Discovered superconductivity in 1911 Developed single side band communication in 1915 Discovered Shot effect in 1918 Invented iconoscope in 1923 Discovered ionosphere layer in 1925 Invented Tetrode in 1926 Discovered the effect of negative feedback on amplifiers in 1927 Invented pentode in 1928 Conceptualized MOSFET in 1930 Discovered neutron in 1932 Invented Frequency Modulation in 1933 Invented Ignitron in 1933 Conceptualized FET in 1935 Invented xerography in 1937 Invented cybernetics in 1940 Developed ENIAC in 1943 Developed EDVAC in 1947 Developed SEAC in 1948 Developed UNIVAC in 1947 Invented the point-contact transistor in 1948 Invented holography in 1948 Developed EDSAC in 1948 Invented floppy disks in 1950 Invented PIN diode in 1950 Invented Digital Voltmeter in 1952 Invented the tunnel diode in 1958 Invented LED in 1960 Invented ink jet printing process in 1963 Invented DIP IC in 1964 Invented computer mouse in 1965

Eckert and Mauchly

Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley

Dennis Gabor M. V. Wilkes Yoshire Nakamats J. I. Nishizawa Andy Kay Leo Esaki Allen and Gibbons R. G. Sweet Bryant Rogers Douglas Engelbart

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List of Names of Significant People/Companies and their Accomplishments

NAME Kao and Hockham John and deLoach
Prager, Chang, and Weisbrod

G. T. Wright Jack Kilby Robert Noyce ARPANET

Bell Labs, University of California

W. S. Boyle and G. E. Smith Magnavox Hart and Slob Yu, Cady, and Tantrapon
Ad Hoc Committee of Grocery Industry

ACCOMPLISHMENT Invented fiber optics communication in 1966 Invented IMPATT diode in 1964 Invented TRAPATT diode in 1967 Invented BARITT diode in 1968 Invented IC in 1958 Invented the IC Aluminum metallization in 1968 Invented the internet in 1969 Invented the UNIX operating system in 1970 Invented the CCD in 1970 Invented the video games in 1972 Invented the I 2L integrated circuit in 1972 Invented CATT in 1974 Invented bar codes in 1974 Invented VHS recorder in 1975 Invented Laser printer in 1975 Invented Betamax Video Recorder in 1975 Invented pocket TV receiver in 1977 Invented compact disc laser optical recording system in 1978 Invented fiber optic submarine cable in 1981

JVC IBM Sony Sinclair Radionics Philips

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