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Irish inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques which owe their existence either partially or entirely to an Irish person. Often, things which are discovered for the first time, are also called "inventions", and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two. Below is a list of such inventions.
Also: Ireland: People: By occupation: Scientists An inclusive list with Irish-born scientists who worked abroad, scientists who came to Ireland to work and Irish-born scientists who worked in Ireland.
19th-century Irish scientists (12 C, 10 P) 20th-century Irish scientists (13 C, 17 P) 21st-century Irish scientists (13 C, 25 P).
Recollections of the Irish War (1900) A Vision of Life (1909) A Chronicle of Jails (1917) The Return of the Hero (1923) [17] Thomas Rudmose-Brown (1878–1942) Ireland: James Cousins: 22 July 1873 in Belfast, Northern Ireland 20 February 1956 in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India 1935 [c] The Sleep of the King (1902) New Ways in English ...
John Desmond Bernal FRS [7] (/ b ər ˈ n ɑː l /; 10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Bernal wrote popular books on science and society.
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 – 25 June 1995) was an Irish nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics who first split the atom. [1] He is best known for his work with John Cockcroft to construct one of the earliest types of particle accelerator, the Cockcroft–Walton generator.
John Tyndall (/ ˈ t ɪ n d əl /; 2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was an Irish physicist.His scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism.Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air, proving the connection between atmospheric CO 2 and what is now known as the greenhouse effect in 1859.
Mary Ward (née King; 27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869) was an Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, and artist. [1] She was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam car built by her cousins.