Especially in the Middle Ages, but even a long time later, scientists were more universal scholars. Therefore, only the theories and inventions mentioned to be related to the automotive technology in a certain relation.

287-212 Mechanics of levers and pulleys, calculation of a circle, specific gravity, surfaces and volume calculation, hydraulic machines, statistics Archimedes

1564-1642 Pendulum, law of falling bodies, inclined plane-> mechanical investigations Galilei, Galileo

1580-1626 Refraction of beams of light while crossing from one medium into another van Roijen Snell, Willebrord

1596-1650 Measures and energy are preserved, math. bases for circuits, analytic geometry Descartes, René

1620-1684 Behaviour of liquids and gases, height pressure Mariotte, Edme

1627-1691 Pressure and volume of gases, ideal gases, air pump, law of falling bodies, chemical mixture/connection Boyle, Robert

1629-1695 number of a circle , optics, lenses, theory of the light waves, mechanics, impact laws Huygens, Christiaan

1632-1662 Pressure of liquids / gases, hydrodynamics/-statik, mechanical calculating machine, probability calculus Pascal, Blaise

1635-1703 Air pump, elasticity, universal joint Hooke, Robert

1642-1727 Basic laws of the mechanics, gravitation, laws of motion, refraction of light/reflexion/colour Newton, Isaac

1646-1716 Electric loading by friction Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

1663-1729 Piston vapour pump for mine ground water Newcomen, Thomas

1706-1790 Electricity, electric load Franklin, Benjamin

1731-1810 Water from hydrogen combustion, carbon dioxide and hydrogen-> gases, attraction (gravity) Cavendish, Henry

1736-1806 Static friction, friction in liquids, electrostatic charge de Coulomb, Charles Auguste

1736-1819 Development of the steam engine to more efficiency and ready to go into mass production Watt, James

1737-1798 Electro-chemical cells (Galvanic elements) Galvani, Luigi

1743-1794 Order of the chemical elements, oxygen, oxidation, dimension preservation de Lavoisier, Antoine Laurant

1745-1827 Galvanic element (battery), plate condenser Volta, Alessandro

1766-1844 Nuclear theory and chemistry, pressures of gas mixtures Dalton, John

1771-1833 High-pressure steam engines on wheels, locomotive Trevithick, Richard

1775-1836 Electromagnetism, electric-dynamic theory, tension, current (direction) Ampère, André Marie

1776-1856 Affinity, nuclear number in the same gas volumes consistent Avogadro, Amadeo

1777-1851 Magnetic field strength, aluminium Ørsted, Hans Christian

1778-1829 Decomposition substances by current, new elements Davy, Humphry

1778-1829 Running machine as a precursor of the bicycle Drais, Karl

1789-1845 Current and tension in the electric conductor Ohm, Georg Simon

1791-1867 Induction law, E engine, cage of Faraday, rustproof steel Faraday, Michael

1792-1871 Programmable mechanical computers, automatic machines Babbage, Charles

1797-1878 Electromagnetic induction, electricity, telegraph Henry, Joseph

1804-1865 Electromagnetic induction, resistance dependent on temperature Lenz, Heinrich Friedrich Emil

1814-1878 The first principle, heat and combustion processes von Mayer, Julius Robert

1816-1892 Telegraphy, dynamo, road lighting, tram, lift von Siemens, Werner

1818-1889 Heat as a form of energy and its influence on circuits Joule, James

1821-1894 Preservation of the energy, homogeneous magnetic field von Helmholtz, Herman

1831-1879 Electromagnetic shafts, magnetic fields Maxwell, James Clerk

1834-1900 Car development, internal combustion engines in vehicles Daimler, Gottlieb

1842-1934 Refrigeration engineering with effect on the invention of the diesel process Carl von Linde

1834-1907 Periodic system of the elements, atomic weights, qualities Mendelejew, Dimitri Iwanowitsch

1838-1916 Supersonic speed Mach, Ernst

1844-1929 2 and four-stroke engines, car development Benz, Carl-Friedrich

1847-1922 Operational phone, linguistic technology for deaf-mute persons Bell, Graham

1847-1931 Telegraphy, recording and storage of sounds Edison, Thomas

1850-1918 Cathode ray tube (oscilloscope, television) Braun, Ferdinand

1856-1943 Alternator, alternating current engine, radio, remote control Tesla, Nikola

1857-1894 Radio waves, frequency Hertz, Heinrich

1857-1935 Wind tunnel, drives in the vacuous space Ziolkowski, Konstantin

1858-1913 Engine with compression ignition Diesel, Rudolf

1858-1947 Quantum theory Planck, Max

1859-1906 Conductivity of crystals Curie, Pierre

1860-1929 Tabulating machine Hollerith, Herman

1867-1934 Radioactivity Curie, Marie

1868-1951 Bohr-Sommerfeld Atom model Sommerfeld, Arnold

1871-1937 Atom is not indivisible Rutherford, Ernest

1874-1937 Radio signal's distances Marconi, Guglielmo

1879-1955 New space time thinking Einstein, Albert

1882-1945 Liquid fuel for rockets Goddard, Robert

1885- Basis of modern nuclear theory Bohr, Niels

1889-1982 Picture tube of the television Zworykin, Wladimir Kosmitsch

1901-1976 Quantum mechanics Heisenberg, Werner

1907-1996 Jet propulsion for airplanes Whittle, Frank

1908-1991 Transistor, superconduction Bardeen, John

1927- Production of laser light Maiman, Theodore

1922-2001 Quantum electronics, laser-> amplifier, oscillators Bassow, Nikolai

*1915 Quantum-elektronics, laser -> amplifier, oscillators Townes, Charles Hard

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