The first heart pacemaker was invented by a Canadian scientist John Hoops in the year 1950. Hoops completed his training as an electrical engineer from the University of Manitoba when he was just 21 and started working with the national research council in 1941. In 1949 Hoops started his research on hypothermia where he worked […]
Archives for November 2010
Who invented Halloween?
The celtic people of France and British of Isles began the tradition of Halloween some 2000 years back. On 31st October, the last day of summer is celebrated as the festival of Samhain, the lord of dead and is believed that the spirits are let free on this day. The name Halloween is not original. […]
Who Invented Ice-cream?
The Chinese (probably) – Nobody is attributed as the inventor of ice-cream. Reference to ice-cream or a similar product go back as far as 2,000 years BC. Records show that Alexander the Great was partial to consuming snow flavoured with honey and during the Roman Empire Nero Claudius Caesar enjoyed snow flavoured with fruit […]
Who invented lipstick?
The evidence show that Mesopotamian women used some kind of color to shade their lips. The first modern lipstick was in market in 1884 in Paris. It was made of castor oil, beeswax and deer tallow and was packed in silk packs. Lipsticks came in form of liquids to be applied with a brush. The […]
Who invented light bulb?
The first light bulb was invented in 1809 by Sir Humphry Davy. He started working on his project in 1801. He ran electric current through two platinum rods which could not stay for long. He then changed to charcoal rods, they too were not of much help as the light produced was intense and utilized […]
Who invented legos?
It was in 1932, Ole Kirk Christiansen and his son Godtfred Kirk invented Lego. Ole Kirk was a carpenter by profession, this he started in 1916. He belonged to village Billund, Denmark and made stepladders, ironing board and wooden toys. It was in Denmark that the company was established. When the country was going through […]
Who invented jeans?
The world’s first jeans was invented in 1873 by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis. This apparel was called waist overall in its earliest days. The word jeans became popular in 1950s. These work pants were specially designed for miners and cowboys due to the strength of the fabric used. The word jeans was derived from […]
Who invented phonograph?
Edison invented the first phonograph in 1877. He got the patent for it at the same time. The name phonograph was originally given by Edison; the word was derived from Greek words meaning sound or voice. Edison did not work on developing a phonograph but it was invented while he was working on a telegraph […]
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 bicycle?
The term bicycle dates from 1869. To answer a question as to who invented a bicycle is not easy. To come into the form which we find today, bicycle has passed through many phases and through many people. The first bicycle called Velocipede was built by the French nobleman Comte de Sivrac in 1791 . […]