18 October 2014
Tungsten filament
The invention:
Metal filament used in the incandescent light bulbs
that have long provided most of the world’s electrical lighting.
The people behind the invention:
William David Coolidge (1873-1975), an American electrical
engineer
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), an American inventor
25 September 2014
Tuberculosis vaccine
The invention:
Vaccine that uses an avirulent (nondisease) strain
of bovine tuberculosis bacilli that is safer than earlier vaccines.
The people behind the invention:
Albert Calmette (1863-1933), a French microbiologist
Camille Guérin (1872-1961), a French veterinarian and
microbiologist
Robert Koch (1843-1910), a German physician and
microbiologist
26 August 2014
Transistor radio
The invention:
Miniature portable radio that used transistors and
created a new mass market for electronic products.
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