1.

Invented the Leibniz wheel mechanical Samuel Morse

calculating machine in 1672
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 17. Invented the electric motor in 1837
Thomas Davenport
2. Discovered the difference between
conductors and insulators in 1729 18. Invented the magnetohydrodynamic battery
Stephen Gray in 1839
Michael Faraday
3. Discovered Galvanic action in 1780
Luigi Galvani 19. Discovered the photovoltaic effect in 1839
Edmond Becquerel
4. Invented the electric dry cell in 1800
Alessandro Volta 20. Invented the fuel cell in 1839
William Grove
5. Discovered infrared radiation in 1800
William Herschel 21. Invented thermography in 1840
John Herschel
6. Discovered ultraviolet radiation in 1801
J W Jitter 22. Invented the differential resistance
measurer in 1843
7. Invented Optophone in 1817 Charles Wheatstone
E E Fournier d Albe
23. Invented facsimile reproduction in 1843
8. Discovered electromagnetism and invented Alexander Bain
galvanometer in 1820
Hans Christian Oersted 24. Formulated KCL and KVL in 1845
Gustav Kirchhoff
9. Discovered thermoelectricity in 1821
T J Seebeck 25. Invented submarine cable insulation in 1847
Werner Siemens
10. Developed Fourier analysis in 1828
Jean-Baptiste- Joseph Fourier 26. Discovered magnetostriction in 1847
James Prescot Joule
11. Formulated Ohms law 1826
George S. Ohm 27. Developed Boolean algebra in 1848
George Boole
12. Discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831
Michael Faraday 28. Invented thermistor in 1850
Michael Faraday
13. Invented the transformer in 1831
Michael Faraday 29. Invented diaphragm type microphone in 1860
J P Reis
14. Invented the first computer with memory,
control, arithmetic unit and I/O in 1833 30. Invented the lead acid cell in 1860
Charles Babbage Plante

15. Formulated the law of electrolysis in 1834 31. Discovered the radio wave propagation in
Michael Faraday 1865
James Clerk Maxwell
16. Invented telegraphy in 1837

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32. Invented the Leclanche cell in 1868
George Leclanche 47. Formulated the theory of relativity in 1905
Albert Einstein
33. Invented the phonograph or gramophone in
1877 48. Conducted the first documented radio
Thomas Alva Edison broadcasting of speech and music in 1906
Reginald Fessenden
34. Invented the carbon granule microphone
transmitter using multiple loose contact in 49. Invented the VT triode in 1906
1878 Lee De Forest
Henry Hunnings
50. Invented goniometer in 1907
35. Invented the electrocardiograph in 1887 Alessandro Artom
Augustus Desire Waller
51. Invented electric organ in 1908
36. Invented the induction motor in 1888 Thadius Cahill
Nikola Tesla
52. Discovered superconductivity in 1911
37. Invented the Strowger Automatic Telephone Kamerlingh Onnes
Exchange in 1889
Almon Brown Strowger 53. Developed single side band communication in
1915
38. The first to study the possibility of waves J R Carson
traveling in hollow pipes or waveguides in 1893
Joseph John Thomson 54. Discovered Shot effect in 1918
W Schottky
39. Discovered X-rays in 1895
Wilhelm Roentgen 55. Invented iconoscope in 1923
Vladimir Zworykin
40. Patented wireless telegraphy in 1896
Guglielmo Marconi 56. Discovered ionosphere layer in 1925
Edward Appleton
41. Discovered electron in 1897
Joseph John Thomson 57. Invented Tetrode in 1926
H J Round
42. Invented Nickel-iron cell in 1900
Thomas Alva Edison 58. Discovered the effect of negative feedback
on amplifiers in 1927
43. Discovered Heaviside Kennelly layer in the H S Black
upper atmosphere in 1901
Oliver Heaviside and Arthur Kennelly 59. Invented pentode in 1928
Tellegen and Hoist
44. Formulated the quantum theory in 1900
Max Planck 60. Conceptualized MOSFET in 1930
Julius Lilienfield
45. Invented synchronous induction motor in 1902
Ernst Danielson 61. Discovered neutron in 1932
James Chadwick
46. Invented vacuum tube diode in 1904
John Ambrose Fleming 62. Invented Frequency Modulation in 1933

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 E H Armstrong
63. Invented Ignitron in 1933
Westinghouse Co.
64. Conceptualized FET in 1935
Oskar Heil
65. Invented xerography in 1937
Chester Carlson
66. Invented cybernetics in 1940
Norbert Weiner
67. Developed ENIAC in 1943
Moore School
68. Developed EDVAC in 1947
University of Pennsylvania
69. Developed SEAC in 1948
National Bureau of Standards
70. Developed UNIVAC in 1947
Eckert and Mauchly
71. Invented the point-contact transistor in 1948
Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley
72. Invented holography in 1948
Dennis Gabor
73. Developed EDSAC in 1948
M V Wilkes
74. Invented floppy disks in 1950
Yoshire Nakamats
75. Invented pin diode in 1950
J I Nishizawa
76. Invented Digital Voltmeter in 1952
Andy Kay
77. Invented the tunnel diode in 1958
Leo Esaki
78. Invented LED in 1960
Allen and Gibbons
79. Invented ink jet printing process in 1963
R G Sweet
80. Invented DIP IC in 1964
Bryant Rogers
81. Invented computer mouse in 1965
Douglas Engelbart
82. Invented fiber optics communication in 1966
Kao and Hockham
83. Invented IMPATT diode in 1964
John and deLoach
84. Invented TRAPATT diode in 1967
Prager, Chang, and Weisbrod
85. Invented BARITT diode in 1968
G T Wright
86. Invented IC in 1958
Jack Kilby
87. Invented the IC Aluminum metallization in
1968
Robert Noyce
88. Invented the internet in 1969
ARPANET
89. Invented the UNIX operating system in 1970
Bell Labs, University of California
90. Invented the CCD in 1970
W S Boyle and G E Smith
91. Invented the video games in 1972
Magnavox
92. Invented the I2L integrated circuit in 1972
Hart and Slob
93. Invented CATT in 1974
Yu, Cady, and Tantrapon
94. Invented bar codes in 1974
Ad Hoc Committee of Grocery Industry
95. Invented VHS recorder in 1975
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 JVC

96. Invented Laser printer in 1975

IBM

97. Invented Betamax Video Recorder in 1975

Sony

98. Invented pocket TV receiver in 1977

Sinclair Radionics

99. Invented compact disc laser optical recording

system in 1978
Philips

100. Invented fiber optic submarine cable

in 1981
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