Inventors and Scientific Discoveries

Thomas Newcomen invented the first practical steam engine in 1712. While James Watt later improved it, Newcomen is credited with the original atmospheric steam engine.

Terylene is a synthetic polyester fiber developed by British chemists John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson in 1941.

King Camp Gillette is famous for inventing the safety razor with disposable blades, which revolutionized shaving at the turn of the 20th century.

The compact disc (CD) was developed through a collaboration between Philips and Sony. Philips is the correct entity listed here.

Kirkpatrick Macmillan is widely credited with inventing the first rear-wheel-driven bicycle in the late 1830s.

Richard Trevithick built the first working railway steam locomotive in 1804. It successfully hauled a load on the Penydarren tramway.

Magnetic recording tape was invented by Fritz Pfleumer.

Percy LeBaron Spencer discovered the heating effect of microwaves while working on radar technology, leading to the invention of the microwave oven.

Edwin Howard Armstrong is the American electrical engineer who invented wide-band frequency modulation (FM) radio.

Frederick Lanchester patented the disc brake in 1902, though it did not see widespread automotive use until much later.

Paul Ehrlich is considered the father of modern chemotherapy, having developed the concept of the 'magic bullet' to treat syphilis.

Zenobe Gramme invented the Gramme dynamo, which was the first industrial-scale electric motor, in the 1870s.

In 1800, Alessandro Volta invented the first true battery, which came to be known as the voltaic pile.