by chucky roberts

Created on: February 19, 2007   Last Updated: May 08, 2007

Very few people in history have gifts with unique skills to invent something that contributes to humanity. Inventor's design and create products that make our lives far easier. These famous inventors' were ordinary people with extraordinary aspirations that had a vision to revolutionize people's lives in such a profound way. If it were not for these famous inventors, we would still be lighting candles when it is dark, walking, rather than driving, taking a boat rather than flying in a plane, writing letters rather than phoning, or needlessly suffering from illnesses that medicines can cure. Below, is a list of these famous inventors and their creations that have changed our lives forever since.

Famous Inventors of the 16th century

#1: William Lee invented the knitting machine in 1559.

#2: Zacharias Janssen invented the compound microscope in 1564.

#3: Galileo Galilee invented the water thermometer in 1593.

Famous Inventors of the 17th century
#4: William Oughtred invented the slide ruler in 1624.

#5: Jean Baptistes Denys invented a method of blood in 1625.

#6: Evangelina Torricelli invented the barometer in 1643.

#7: Otto von Guericke invented the air pump in 1650.

#8: Christian Huygems invented the pendulum clock in 1656.

#9: Sir Isaac Newton invented a reflecting telescope in 1668.

#10: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invented the calculating machine in 1671.

#11: Christian Huygens invented the pocket watch in 1675.

#12: Thomas Savery invented a steam pump in 1698.

Famous Inventors of the 18th century
#13: Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano in 1709.

#14: Edmund Halley invented the diving bell in 1717.

#15: French C. Hopffer invented the fire extinguisher in 1722.

#16: Benjamin Franklin invented the lightening rod in 1752.

#17: Joseph Priestly invented carbonated soda water in 1767.

#18: Alexander Cummings invented the flush toilet in 1775.

#19: David Bushnell invented the submarine in 1776.

#20: Francois Appert invented the preserving jar for food in 1795.

#21: Edward Jenner invented the small pox vaccination in 1796.

#22: Alessandro Volta invents the battery in 1799.

Famous Inventors of the 19th century
#23: Joseph Nicephore Niepce was the first person to take a photograph in 1814.

#24: Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope in 1819.

#25: William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet in 1825.

#26: Charles Wheatstone invented the microphone in 1827.

#27: W.A. Burts invented the typewriter in 1829.

#28: B. Thimonnier invented the sewing machine in 1830.

#29: Samuel Morse invented the telegraph

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