Chemistry Invention Timeline

  • 400

    Aristotle

    Aristotle
    promoted the idea that the universe was made from Earth, air, fire, and water. He did not believe in the atom theory. 400 BC
  • 460

    Democritus

    Democritus
    theorydeveloped an atomic theory to explan changes in the world as chanes in the motion of atoms. 460 BC
  • Antonie Leeuwenhoek

    Antonie Leeuwenhoek
    Antknown as “the father of microbiology” considered the first microiologist. Known for improvement of the microscope
  • Joseph Proust

    Joseph Proust
    proved the law of definite proportions. Proust's discovery for the atomic theory is often named proust's law.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton
    Atomic Theory which states that all consists of atoms and connot be created or destroyed. Was later disproved. 1800s
  • Amadeo Avagadro

    Amadeo Avagadro
    His law states that two samples of an idea gas which have the same temperature, pressure, and volume will also have the same number of molecule
  • William Crooks

    William Crooks
    discovered cathode ray when he say flass proceeed by radiation striking a light producint coating. Led to invenetion of the TV
  • George Crum

    George Crum
    chips were invented when chef, George Crum, out of anger, smashed a potato french fry then put it back in the fryer.
  • Ernest Rutherfod

    Ernest Rutherfod
    Rutherford's discovery came the realization of the idea of he nucleus- a small, dense concentration of charge and mass
  • J.J. Thomson

    J.J. Thomson
    proved Dalton's theory wrong. Discovered the first subatomic particle- the electron.
  • Dr. John Kellogg

    Dr. John Kellogg
    Dr John KelloggDr. John Kellogg accidently invented Kellogg's Cornflakes when he let some boiled wheat sitting out and went stale.
  • Henri Becquerel

    Henri Becquerel
    discovered radioactivity
  • Madame Curie

    Madame Curie
    Madame CurieDiscovered radioactive substances of radium and polonium
  • Max Planck

    Max Planck
    studied and discovered that matter can gain orlose energy only in a small specific amounds called quanta
  • Hubert Booth

    Hubert Booth
    invents modern vacuum cleaner
  • James Mackenzie

    James Mackenzie
    Lie detector was invented
  • Edwin Biney

    Edwin Biney
    Crayons were invented by Edwin Biney and C. Harold Smith and only came with 8 colors.
  • Mary Anderson

    Mary Anderson
    Mary Anderson invents windshield wipers
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein
    e=mc2Theory of Relativity is born and applies his theory to mass and energy formulates e=mc2
  • Robert Milikan

    Robert Milikan
    Calculated the mass of an electron
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr
    Young danish physicisy proposed a quantum model for the hyrogen atom.
  • Henry Moseley

    Henry Moseley
    Discovered a better way of position the elements in the Periodic Table closer determination of atomic numbers
  • Louis DeBroglie

    Louis DeBroglie
    introduced his theory of electron waves
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger
    discovery of results in the field of quantam physics. Developed the paradox of Schrodinger's cat.
  • Werner Heisenberg

    Werner Heisenberg
    1894- Dr. John Kellogg accidently invented Kellogg's Cornflakes when he let some boiled wheat sitting out and went stale.
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick
    Was a Nobel alsureate in field of physica. In 1932, he discovered the neutron in the atomic nucleus.
  • Richard James

    Richard James
    Richard James was trying to invent a spring that would support equipment on ships. When one of the springs fell off and continued moving he saw it as a potential toy and then named it the Slinky.
  • Percy Spencer

    Percy Spencer
    micowaveInvented Microwave. First microwave weighed 750 pounds.
  • James Wright

    James Wright
    Making SIlly puttySilly Putty was accidently invented when James Wright dropped boric acid into silicone oil. He thought it would be a great toy.
  • Noah McVicker

    Noah McVicker
    Play Doh was invented when Joseph and Noah McVicker when they were trying to make a wallpaper cleaner.