INVENTIONS AND

DISCOVERIES

PACO POYATOS RODRÍGUEZ

WHAT IS AN INVENTION?

An invention is an object, technique or process that features innovative and transforming.

WHAT IS A DISCOVERY

A discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something old that had been unknown. Discovery is the observation of new phenomena, new actions, or new events.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEN INVENTIONS AND

DISCOVERIES?

A discovery is something new founded in the nature, but an invention is something that is created by the humans.

EXAMPLES OF DISCOVERIES:

Penicillin(Alexander Fleming 1920)

Anaesthetic(1842)

X-ray(Wilhelm Roentgen 1895)

Insulin(Frederick Banting 1920)

America(Cristobal Colón 1492)

EXAMPLES OF INVENTIONS

Camera(William Talbot 1826)

Bicycle(Carl von Drais 1817)

Compass(Italians 1190)

Telephone(Alexander Graham Bell 1876)

Television(John Logie Baird 1938)