- Source: List of Austrian inventions and discoveries
Austrian inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented or discovered partially or entirely by a person born in Austria. In some cases, their Austrianess is determined by the fact that they were born in Austria, of non-Austrian people working in the country. Often, things discovered for the first time are also called "inventions", and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two.
The following is a list of inventions or discoveries generally believed to be Austrian:
Astronomy
Cosmic ray, discovery by Victor Francis Hess (nobel prize)
Chemistry
Alkaline battery by Karl Kordesch jointly co-inventor (together with Canadian Lewis Urry)
Cori cycle by Carl Cori and Gerti Cori
Soman by Richard Kuhn (nobel prize), works on carotenoids and vitamins
Cuisine
Kaiserschmarrn
Mozartkugel by Paul Fürst
Sachertorte by Franz Sacher
Salzburger Nockerl
Geology
Continent Gondwana by Eduard Suess
Tethys Ocean by Eduard Suess
Information technology
Drum memory by Gustav Tauschek
Printed circuit board by Paul Eisler
Media, Film and Television
Slow motion by August Musger
Medicine
Main blood groups by Karl Landsteiner (nobel prize) co-discovered with Alexander S. Wiener
Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
Rhesus factor by Karl Landsteiner
polio virus. co-discovered by Karl Landsteiner (with Constantin Levaditi and Erwin Popper)
Hand disinfection/washing hands by Ignaz Semmelweis
Aspergers Syndrome (Hans Asperger)
Military
Blow forward (Steyr Mannlicher M1894)
Glock, A brand of polymer-frame semi-automatic pistols
Salvator Dormus, first patented semi-automatic pistol
AUG type automatic weapons: Aug A1, Aug Hbar, Aug A2, Aug A3, somewhat famous Austrian rifles, Low recoil + good accuracy.
Physics
Density functional theory by Walter Kohn (1998 nobel prize of Chemistry)
Schrödinger equation by Erwin Schrödinger
Pauli exclusion principle by Wolfgang Pauli
Toys
Altekruse Puzzle by Wilhelm Altekruse
Snow globe by Erwin Perzy
Transportation
Giesl ejector by Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen
Internal combustion engine by Siegfried Marcus
Kaplan turbine by Viktor Kaplan
Rumpler Tropfenwagen by Edmund Rumpler
Valier-Heylandt Rak 7 by Max Valier
Miscellaneous
The Turk, a chess-playing automaton and Wolfgang von Kempelen's Speaking Machine by Wolfgang von Kempelen
See also
English inventions and discoveries
Science in Medieval Western Europe
German inventions and discoveries
American inventions and discoveries
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of Austrian inventions and discoveries
- List of English inventions and discoveries
- List of inventions and discoveries by women
- List of Israeli inventions and discoveries
- List of Indian inventions and discoveries
- List of Greek inventions and discoveries
- List of Italian inventions and discoveries
- List of Spanish inventions and discoveries
- List of Czech inventions and discoveries
- List of Albanian inventions and discoveries
