Inadvertently on November 8, 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a professor of physics and rector of the Julius Maximilian University of Wiirzburg, Germany, discovered the X-rays. Continue reading
Tag: Germany
First Poster kiosks
First installed in 1854 in Berlin, Germany, poster kiosks were pillars especially erected for posting handbills and announcements. Continue reading
Wilhelm Maybach
Wilhelm Maybach (help·info) (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmaɪbax]; 9 February 1846 – 29 December 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist. Continue reading
Motorcycle with an internal combustion engine
The German engineers Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach invented the internal combustion engine for Motorcycles. Continue reading
The Carburetor
The German Engineer/Designer Wilhelm Maybach in 1893, invented the Carburetor. Continue reading
The V-block engine
German engineers Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, invented the V-block engine, the first engine of this type in 1889. Continue reading
The Electric elevator
At the 1880 Mannheim Industrial Exhibition at Mannheim, Germany, Siemens and Halske Company installed an electric elevator, which transported passengers to the top of an observation tower. Continue reading
The first Household detergent
Introduced in 1907 by Henkel & Cie. of Dusseldorf, Germany, makers of the household detergent Persil. Still available today. Continue reading
The first tape recorder was the Blattnerphone
Blattnerphone was a Tape recorder developed by the German film producer Louis Blattner in 1929. Continue reading
The Radiator
Wilhelm Maybach, a designer in 1897, Germany, design a radiator Continue reading