List of Inventions and Inventors GK Questions and Answers

List of Invention with details

11. Air Ships

The history behind balloons, blimps, dirigibles and zeppelins.

12. Airplane/Aviation

Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the manned engined airplane, which they patented as a "flying machine." Learn about other aviation related innovations.

13. Alcoholic Beverages

Evidence of intentionally fermented beverages exist in the form of beer jugs dated as early as the Neolithic period.

14. Alternating Current

Charles Proteus Steinmetz developed theories on alternating current that allowed for the rapid expansion of the electric power industry.

15. Alternative Energy Related

A list of articles related to the invention and the history of alternative, earth-friendly energy sources.

16. Altimeter

An instrument which measures vertical distance with respect to a reference level.

17. Aluminum Foil - Aluminum Manufacturing Process

The first mass-produced and widely used metal foil was made from tin. Tin foil was replaced by aluminum foil in 1910. Charles Martin Hall discovered the electrolytic method of producing aluminum cheaply and brought the metal into wide commercial use.

18. Ambulance

The concept of ambulance service started in Europe with the Knights of St. John.

19. Anemometer

In 1450, Leon Battista Alberti, the Italian artist and architect, invented the first mechanical anemometer. The anemometer is a device that measures wind speed.

20. Answering Machines

The history of answering machines.