Free to follow every thread. No paywall, no dead ends.
German inventions: stories to listen to | HearLore
Category
German inventions
CocaineIn 1855, a young German chemist named Friedrich Gaedcke isolated a crystalline substance from the leaves of the coca plant, unaware that he had just unlocked…
PolyethyleneIn 1898, German chemist Hans von Pechmann stumbled upon the first instance of polyethylene while investigating diazomethane, a notoriously unstable substance.
BicycleIn 1817, a German baron named Karl von Drais introduced a wooden contraption to the public in Mannheim that had no pedals, no chain, and no engine, yet it…
CarIn the 2002 census, the village of Čar held a population of 296 souls, yet 295 of them shared a single ethnic identity, leaving just one person to represent…
TelevisionOn the 25th of March 1925, a ventriloquist dummy named Stooky Bill became the first moving image to be transmitted to a human eye in a public demonstration.
Integrated circuitIn September 1958, Jack Kilby held a small, rectangular piece of germanium in his hand that contained an entire electronic circuit, yet it was not a single…