| Invention | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1235 | Button Hole | Germany | with re-invention of button |
| 1440 | Engraving | Germany | with copper plating by Ruprecht Rust |
| 1500 | Watch | Germany | by Peter Henlein |
| 1518 | Fire Engine | Germany | in Augsberg |
| 1520 | Wheel Lock | Germany | to allow internal ignition of fire arms |
| 1609 | Newspaper | Germany | from Strasbourg (The Relation) |
| 1650 | Air Pump | Germany | by Otto von Guericke |
| 1665 | Calculus | England Germany |
the mathematics of change by I Newton and G Leibnitz |
| 1798 | Lithography | Germany | by Aloys Senefelder |
| 1814 | Spectrocope | Germany | by Joseph von Fraunhofer for chemical analysis of glowing objects |
| 1833 | Electric Telegraph | Germany | by Gauss and Weber |
| 1876 | Four Stroke Engine | Germany | by Nikolaus August Otto |
| 1885 | Motor Car | Germany | by Karl Benz - also called an automobile |
| 1885 | Motorcycle | Germany | by Gotlieb Daimler |
| 1887 | Contact Lenses | Germany | by F E Muller |
| 1897 | Diesel Engine | Germany | by Rudolf Diesel - used for heavy vehicles |
| 1897 | Oscilliscope | Germany | by Karl Braun - ancestor of the television |
| 1900 | Zeppelin | Germany | by Ferdinand Zeppelin - first manoevarable balloon |
| 1904 | Radar (for Shipping) | Germany | by Christian Hülsmeyer |
| 1908 | Geiger Counter | Germany | by J W Geiger and W Müller |
| 1908 | Haber Process | Germany | by Fritz Haber - making artificial nitrates |
| 1920 | Hair Dryer | Germany | |
| 1933 | Electron Microscope | Germany | by Ernst Ruska |
| 1936 | Helicopter | Germany | by Heinrich Focke |
| 1942 | Guided Missile | Germany | by Werner von Braun |
