German Inventors

Famous German Joseph Begun was a pioneer in the field of magnetic recording.

The first globe was made by famous German map-maker, Martin Behaim in 1492.

Karl Benz was the German inventor and mechanical engineer who designed and in 1885 built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.

In 1887, the Famous German Emile Berliner invented a system of recording which could be used over and over again and many copies of the original recording could be made

German Ferdinand Braun invented the cathode ray tube oscilloscope in 1897.

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In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler invented a gas engine that allowed for a revolution in car design.

Rudolf Diesel was the German inventor of the diesel fueled internal combustion engine

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was the German physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer and the mercury thermometer in 1714.

Hans Geiger co-invented the geiger counter.

The geissler tube named after Heinrich Geissler, a German glassblower.

Edmund Germer invented a high pressure vapor lamp, his development of the improved fluorescent lamp and the high-pressure mercury-vapor lamp allowed for more economical lighting with less heat.

The inventor of the nothing we call a vacuum.

Johannes Gutenberg is best known for the Gutenberg press, an innovative printing machine that used movable type.

The unit of frequency of a radio wave - one cycle per second - is named the hertz, in honor of Heinrich Hertz.

In 1899, a German chemist named Felix Hoffmann, who worked for a German company called Bayer, rediscovered aspirin.

Patented the Forward Sleeve design for creating clothing.

On June 10 1941 Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a patent for their invention of a classified communication system that was especially useful for submarines.

German engineer, Carl von Linden, patented the process of liquifying gas in 1876 that is part of basic refrigeration technology.

German engineering student - Paul Nipkow proposed and patented the first electromechanical television system in 1884.

Hermann Oberth was a famous German rocket scientist

Nicolaus Otto invented a "Four-Stroke Internal-Combustion Engine" in 1876. He named his invention the "Otto Cycle Engine". As soon as he had completed his engine, Otto invented a motorcycle to use it with.

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays.

Germans, Max Knoll and Ernst Ruska co-invented the electron microscope.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a pioneer in the field of electrical engineering who invented a commercially successful alternating current motor.

The first electric elevator was built by the German inventor Werner von Siemens in 1880.

Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin was the German military officer who developed the rigid dirigible a lighter-than-air vehicle that became known as the zeppelin.

Konrad Zuse was the creator of the first freely programmable computer.

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As an inventor, Robert Bunsen developed several methods of analyzing gases, however, he is best known for his invention of the Bunsen burner.

What can be considered the first modern thermometer, the mercury thermometer with a standardized Fahrenheit scale, was invented by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1714.