Important Discoveries in Physics

 List of Important Discoveries in Physics

Important Discoveries in Physics
Important Discoveries in Physics 

Discovery is finding something meaningful that was not of knowledge before. Discoveries not only improve our living standards but also help in the advancement of mankind like production of crop, medical applications etc. Here we listed some important discoveries for Job Exam like UPSC, PSC, RAIL and others. 

Discovery

Scientist

Year

Law of Motion

Newton

1687

Law of electrostatic attraction

Coulomb

1779

Atom

John Dalton

1808

Photography (on metal)

J. Neepse

1826

Law of Electric resistance

G. S. Ohm

1827

Law of floatation

Archimedes

1835

Dynamite

Alfred Nobel

1867

Periodic Table

Mendeleev

1888

X-Rays

Roentgen

1895

Radioactivity

Henry Becquerel

1896

Electron

J.J. Thomson

1897

Radium

Madam Curie

1898

Quantum theory

Max Plank

1900

Wireless Telegram

Marconi

1901

Diode Bulb

Sir J. S. Fleming

1904

Photo electric effect

Albert Einstein

1905

Principle of Relativity

Albert Einstein

1905

Triode Bulb

Lee de Forest

1906

Atomic Structure

Neil Bohr & Rutherford

1913

Proton

Rutherford

1919

Raman Effect

C. V. Raman

1928

Neutron

James Chadwick

1932

Nuclear Reactor

Anrico Fermi

1942

Law of electrolytic dissociation 

Faraday

-----

Thermionic emission

Edison

-----

Electromagnetic Induction

Michael Faraday

1831

Photography (on paper)

W. Fox Talbot

1835


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