List of Names of Significant People/Companies and their Accomplishments

NAME ACCOMPLISHMENT
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Invented the Leibniz wheel mechanical calculating machine in 1672
Stephen Gray Discovered the difference between conductors and insulators in 1729
Luigi Galvani Discovered Galvanic action in 1780
Alessandro Volta Invented the electric dry cell in 1800
William Herschel Discovered infrared radiation in 1800
J. W. Jitter Discovered ultraviolet radiation in 1801
E. E. Fournier d Albe Invented Optophone in 1817
Hans Christian Oersted Discovered electromagnetism and invented galvanometer in 1820
T. J. Seebeck Discovered thermoelectricity in 1821
Jean Baptiste/Joseph Fourier Developed Fourier analysis in 1828
George S. Ohm Formulated Ohms law 1826
Michael Faraday Discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831
Michael Faraday Invented the transformer in 1831
Charles Babbage Invented the 1st computer with memory, control, arithmetic unit & I/O in 1833
Michael Faraday Formulated the law of electrolysis in 1834
Samuel Morse Invented telegraphy in 1837
Thomas Davenport Invented the electric motor in 1837
Michael Faraday Invented the magnetohydrodynamic battery in 1839
Edmond Becquerel Discovered the photovoltaic effect in 1839
William Grove Invented the fuel cell in 1839
John Herschel Invented thermography in 1840
Charles Wheatstone Invented the differential resistance measurer in 1843
Alexander Bain Invented facsimile reproduction in 1843
Gustav Kirchhoff Formulated KCL and KVL in 1845
Werner Siemens Invented submarine cable insulation in 1847
James Prescot Joule Discovered magnetostriction in 1847
George Boole Developed Boolean algebra in 1848
Michael Faraday Invented thermistor in 1850
J. P. Reis Invented diaphragm type microphone in 1860
Plante Invented the lead acid cell in 1860
James Clerk Maxwell Discovered the radio wave propagation in 1865
George Leclanche Invented the Leclanche cell in 1868
Thomas Alva Edison Invented the phonograph or gramophone in 1877
Henry Hunnings Invented the carbon granule microphone transmitter using multiple loose contact in 1878

Augustus Desire Waller Invented the electrocardiograph in 1887

Nikola Tesla Invented the induction motor in 1888
Almon Brown Strowger Invented the Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange in 1889
Joseph John Thomson The first to study the possibility of waves traveling in hollow pipes or waveguides in 1893
Wilhelm Roentgen Discovered X-rays in 1895
Guglielmo Marconi Patented wireless telegraphy in 1896

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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
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
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
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NAME ACCOMPLISHMENT
Kao and Hockham Invented fiber optics communication in 1966
John and deLoach Invented IMPATT diode in 1964
Prager, Chang, and Weisbrod Invented TRAPATT diode in 1967
G. T. Wright Invented BARITT diode in 1968
Jack Kilby Invented IC in 1958
Robert Noyce Invented the IC Aluminum metallization in 1968
ARPANET Invented the internet in 1969
Bell Labs, University of California Invented the UNIX operating system in 1970
W. S. Boyle and G. E. Smith Invented the CCD in 1970
Magnavox Invented the video games in 1972
Hart and Slob Invented the I 2L integrated circuit in 1972
Yu, Cady, and Tantrapon Invented CATT in 1974
Ad Hoc Committee of Grocery Industry Invented bar codes in 1974
JVC Invented VHS recorder in 1975
IBM Invented Laser printer in 1975
Sony Invented Betamax Video Recorder in 1975
Sinclair Radionics Invented pocket TV receiver in 1977
Philips Invented compact disc laser optical recording system in 1978
Standard Telephoned and Cables Invented fiber optic submarin e cable in 1981

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