Home Technology 40 Greatest Inventors In World History And What They Invented
Technology By Joe Burgett -

40 Greatest Inventors In World History And What They Invented
Nikola Tesla Off Of Vintage Paper Banknote [Image via vkilikov/shutterstock.com]

2. Nikola Tesla

  • Most Famous For Inventing: Alternating Current Tech, Hydro-Electric Energy, Tesla Coil, The Remote Control

Many consider Nikola Tesla to be one of the greatest inventors in history due to inventing multiple things we use in some form today. While working for Thomas Edison, Tesla came up with alternating current technology. Deciding to leave Edison behind, he met with George Westinghouse who financed Tesla’s AC ideas, allowing both men to eventually win the “Current War.”

40 Greatest Inventors In World History And What They Invented
[Image via Medium]
Yet Tesla knew other ways energy could be utilized. This was when he came up with Hydro-Electric Energy, which he used to power the city of Buffalo, NY at one point. Many feel his Telsa Coil is his most notable invention, however. It laid the foundation for wireless technology, with the radio world still using a form of it today. Oh yeah, and he invented the remote control & discovered Violet Rays.

40 Greatest Inventors In World History And What They Invented
Archimedes of Syracuse Statue In Syracuse, Italy [Image via Vladimir Korostyshevskiy/Shutterstock.com]

1. Archimedes of Syracuse

  • Most Famous For Inventing: Geometry Of Shapes, Pi, Compound Pullies, Archimedes Screw

Any list of the world’s greatest inventors is not complete without the inclusion of the infamous Archimedes of Syracuse. He invented geometric algorithms, laying the foundation for Calculus among other math forms to work. This includes being the first to use theorems like the area of a circle, surface area, volume, sphere, and the area under a parabola.

40 Greatest Inventors In World History And What They Invented
[Image via Sciencesource]
He used this to come up with “Pi” too. These theorems allowed him to discover and found statics and hydrostatics, including the entire concept of how levers operated. Later on, people credited him for the invention of compound pullies and the screw pump. The Principle of Buoyancy is credited to him, referred to as the Archimedes Principle. He is also known for, of course, the Archimedes Screw.

 

Sources: [Live Science, National Geographic, Britannica, Biography.com, History.com, InterestingEngineering.com, AllThatsInteresting.com]

Advertisement
Advertisement