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The aim of this project is to The aim of this project is to introduce to you some great introduce to you some great European inventions and their European inventions and their inventors. inventors.

Our project includes European Our project includes European Union current country membersUnion current country membersas well as some prospective ones. as well as some prospective ones.

AustriaViktor SchaubergerVortex technology(vortex technology is the study of spiraling

movement)

Belgium

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

Bakelite

The original bakelizer*

*The machine that creates bakelite a substance used as an electric insulator and to make plastic-ware.

Panagiotis Verykios Ms1/ESL 2

"Photography" is derived from the Greek words

phos (light) and graphein (to draw). The word was

first used by the scientist Plutarch J. Georges in 1839. It is a method of

recording images through the use of light or

radiation.

In 1941, science In 1941, science fiction writer fiction writer Isaac Asimov first Isaac Asimov first used the word used the word "robotics" to "robotics" to describe the describe the technology of technology of robots and robots and predicted the rise predicted the rise of a powerful of a powerful robot industry. robot industry. This led him to This led him to the invention of the invention of the first most the first most simple robot.simple robot.

Denmark

Hans Christian Orsted was born in 1777 and died in 1851.He discovered electro-magnetism and his work led to the development of electro-technology.

ENGLAND

James Gregory invented the reflecting (or Newtonian) telescope in 1663. This telescope uses two mirrors to magnify what is being viewed.

EstoniaEstoniaThad StarnerThad Starner

Thad Starner has been wearing his computer since 1993. What began as a short-term experiment became a life-long project.

His work focuses on creating a wearable computer that will help the user complete more efficiently day-to-day tasks.

FinlandFinland

Martin Hildebrand Martin Hildebrand invented invented lightweight lightweight armoured panels armoured panels which are which are flexibflexiblele, , and and can be produced from can be produced from combinations of combinations of different materials. different materials.

ThisThis technology is technology is used to offer used to offer protection against protection against high-penetration high-penetration projectiles.projectiles.

Martin Hildebrand

One of the most famous One of the most famous inventions is pasteurization. inventions is pasteurization.

Louis Pasteur discovered Louis Pasteur discovered that diseases in wine are that diseases in wine are caused by micro-organisms. caused by micro-organisms. These can be killed by These can be killed by heating wine to 55 degrees heating wine to 55 degrees Celsius. Celsius.

Today this process is applied Today this process is applied to beer and milk.to beer and milk.

Louis Pasteur

(1822- 1895)

Albert Einstein was Albert Einstein was born on 14 March born on 14 March 1879. 1879.

He He showed that light showed that light quantaquanta or or particles of particles of energy, could help to energy, could help to explain phenomenaexplain phenomena being studied by being studied by experimental experimental physicists. physicists. He also He also made clear how light made clear how light ejects electrons from ejects electrons from metals. metals.

GREECE

Archimedes (287-212 BC) invented the water screw, a device used for raising water. It uses an encased screw which is open at both ends. The screw is set at an angle, and as the screw turns water fills the air pockets and is transported upwards. The Archimedes screw is still in use today.

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Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel (1572-1634) was a Dutch inventor. Among his many inventions was the first navigable submarine. His submarine design was the first to address the problem of air replenishment while submerged. His inventions were so unusual, that they gave him a reputation of being a sorcerer.

Edward Teller was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1908. Although his early training was in chemical physics, Edward Teller has made substantial contributions to the fields of nuclear physics, plasma physics, astrophysics, and statistical mechanics. This made him able to help in the invention of the nuclear bomb!

IrelandIreland

Henry Ford was an Henry Ford was an Irish Irish iimmigrant mmigrant involved in the involved in the development of the development of the tractor. He founded tractor. He founded the giant Ford Motor the giant Ford Motor Company in 1903, Company in 1903, which manufactures which manufactures cars and tractors. cars and tractors.

ITALYITALY

The Ornithopter flying machine was never actually created. It was a design that Leonardo da Vinci created to show how man could fly. The modern day helicopter is based on this concept.

LATVIA LATVIA Dr. Imants KaiminsDr. Imants Kaimins

Dr. Imants Dr. Imants Kaimins Kaimins invented an invented an ointmentointment which when spread which when spread onto a wound onto a wound formforms as a hygienic hygienic mmembraneembrane. .

This new productThis new product can can be used instead of be used instead of bandagebandages to treat and s to treat and heal wounds and cutsheal wounds and cuts..

Gertrude Elion has Gertrude Elion has made a number of made a number of significant significant contributions to the contributions to the medical field. medical field. She She patented patented aa leukemia-fighting leukemia-fighting drug in 1954 and drug in 1954 and herher research led to the research led to the development of development of Imuran, a drug that Imuran, a drug that aids the body in aids the body in accepting accepting transplanted organs. transplanted organs.

Sir Temi Zammit

1864- 1935

Sir Temi Zammit discovered the Microcossus Melitensis in the blood of the goat. This was very important because humans drinking un-pasteurized milk would be infected with the microbe, which was the cause of the fatal Mediterranean Fever.

POLAND

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) is a renowned astronomer. He is the first in modern times to develop a heliocentric theory of the Solar System.He published his discoveries the year of his death in the work ‘On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres’ (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium).

Antonio Egas Moniz was a physician who developed cerebral angiography.

This operation was used as a therapeutic procedure

to treat certain mental illnesses.

He was awarded the Nobel Prizein physiology in 1949.

SLOVAKIASLOVAKIA

Stefan Banic constructed a Stefan Banic constructed a prototype parachute in 1913 prototype parachute in 1913 and tested it in Washington and tested it in Washington D.C. by jumping fromD.C. by jumping from the the 41 41stst floor floor of a of a building and in 1914 building and in 1914 from an afrom an aeroeroplane. plane.

His parachute His parachute has bhas bececoome me the the standard equipment standard equipment oof f allall pilots. pilots.

Nicola Telsa He was an immigrant that lived in America.

He invented the alternating current (AC) motor. Today virtually all electric motors are descendants of his design .

The world famous

M&Ms

Sir Forrest Mars invented the M&Ms.

This chocolate product is enjoyed by many people worldwide.

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