who invented amphetemine?
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Amphetamine was first synthesized in 1887 by the Romanian Chemist Lazar Edeleanu, who called it "phenylisopropylamine".
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it started off really..as an accident!\n\nDr. Albert Hofmann (born January 11, 1906) is a prominent Swiss scientist and best known as the "father" of LSD. He was born in Baden, Switzerland, and studied chemistry at the University of Zürich. His main interest was the chemistry of plants and animals, and he later conducted important research regarding the chemical structure of the common animal substance chitin, for which he received his doctorate. Hofmann joined the pharmaceutical-chemical department of Sandoz Laboratories (now Novartis), located in Basel, studying the medicinal plant squill and the fungus ergot as part of a program to purify and synthesize active constituents for use as pharmaceuticals.\n\nHis research in lysergic acid, the central shared component of ergot alkaloids, eventually led to the synthesis of LSD-25 in 1938. It was five years later, on repeating synthesis of the almost forgotten substance, that Dr. Hofmann discovered the psychedelic effects of LSD after accidentally absorbing some through his fingertips on April 16, 1943. Three days later, on April 19 (later known as Bicycle Day, after his bicycle ride home that day while under LSD's influence), Hofmann deliberately consumed 250 µg of LSD, and experienced far more intense effects (see: LSD for details). This was followed by a series of self-experiments conducted by Hofmann and his colleagues. He first wrote about these experiments on April 22 of the same year.\n\nHe became director of the natural products department at Sandoz and went on studying hallucinogenic substances found in Mexican mushrooms and other plants used by the aboriginal people. This led to the synthesis of psilocybin, the active agent of many "magic mushrooms."\n\nHofmann also became interested in the seeds of the Mexican morning glory species Rivea corymbosa, the seeds of which are called Ololiuhqui by the natives. He was surprised to find the active compound of Ololiuhqui chemically similar to LSD.\n\nIn 1962, he and his wife Anita travelled to southern Mexico to search for the plant "Ska Maria Pastora" (Leaves of Mary the Shepherdess), later known as Salvia divinorum. He was able to obtain samples of this plant but never succeeded in identifying its active chemicals.\n\nHe calls LSD "medicine for the soul" and is frustrated by the worldwide prohibition that has pushed it underground. "It was used very successfully for 10 years in psychoanalysis," he said, adding that the drug was hijacked by the youth movement of the 1960s and then unfairly demonized by the establishment that the movement opposed. He concedes LSD can be dangerous in the wrong hands. [1]\n\nHe has been the author of over 100 scientific articles and has written (or co-written) a number of books, including LSD, My Problem Child, which is partly an autobiography and describes his famous bicycle ride.\n\nOn the occasion of his 100th birthday on January 11, 2006, he was the focus of an international symposium, which drew further media attention for his discovery of LSD.\n\n"I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD," said Hofmann. "It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be."\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann
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It was used in medieval times as a pain reliever. There is no documented info as to who first discovered it.
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Alfred Nobel invented dynamite but not the nitroglycerin that it used.  His invention made nitroglycerin more stable and therefore more paraticable for construction projects.
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The quote is actually - "Genius is 1% Inspiration and 99% perspiration", and it was quoted by Thomas Alva Edison the most famous American Inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world record 1.093 patents. In addition, he created the world's first industrial research laboratory, 1847-1931.
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Johann Wolfgang!\n\nHe discovered furfural, worked on the use of platinum as a catalyst, and invented a lighter, known as Döbereiner's Lamp.\n\n:)
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read the whole of this link. he invented and patented some kind of paper clip - but maybe not the type that was eventually produced. Most people regard it as a myth that he invented the paper clip - except the Norwegians apparently. Read the wikipedia stuff.
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You can go here :\n\nhttp://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgum.htm
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Alessandro Volta played with batteries - voltage\nAndre-Marie Ampere experimented with Current\nJames Watt measured and defined power - Watts
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When you ask the question "Who invented electric power?", I presume you mean the electric power distribution that we know of today.\n\nOne of the primary contributors would be Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American electrical engineer and scientist.  He along with the Westinghouse corporation developed the three-phase AC power distribution used around the world today.  Tesla and Westinghouse corp were also heavily involved in developing new generators and motors using three-phase power.  Edison was trying to promote a relatively inefficient DC distribution system at the same time, but failed to gain widespread support.  Though Edison did create inventions, such as the light bulb, that helped make use of the ever-growing power grid.\n\nI had not heard of Gennai Hiraga before, but sounds like a pretty interesting inventor as well.
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Nikolai Tesla first had the patents. The carrier wave, amplification, tuning. He didn't finish his working model so Marconi gets credit.\nPoke around the Internet for both.\nNikolai Tesla and Marconi
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600 B.C. \n\nCheck out this site for more information: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmegaphone.htm
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he invented the vagina?
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Alexander Fleming in 1928 invented Pencillin.  It was a chance discovery.  He was doing some experimenting with Staphylococcus bacteria. He accidently left his culture plate smeared with the bacteria over the weekend. when he came back he found the plate contaminated.  When he looked closely he noticed that the bacteria was destroyed where the plate was infected.  Later he found out the mold(which infected the plate) to be Pencillium Notatum.  The following sites has more information, please read
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Hans Christian Oersted\n\nHere is the history\n\nThe ancient Greeks and Romans used salts of this metal as dyeing mordants and as astringents for dressing wounds, and alum is still used as a styptic. Further Joseph Needham suggested finds in 1974 showed the ancient Chinese used aluminium. (But not solid proofs for that)\n\nIn 1761 Guyton de Morveau suggested calling the base alum 'alumine'. In 1808, Humphry Davy identified the existence of a metal base of alum.\n\nFriedrich Wöhler is generally credited with isolating aluminium in 1827 by mixing anhydrous aluminium chloride with potassium. But the metal had been produced for the first time two years earlier in an impure form by the Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Oersted.
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http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa020600h.htm
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Didn't find an inventor. Apparently, the practice of binding the ends of a strap dates back to at least Shakespeare's time (see article below), so I don't know if you'll be able to identify anyone as the sole inventor.\n\nHere's the Wikipedia article:\n\nAn aglet or aiglet is the little plastic or metal cladding on the end of shoelaces that keeps the twine from unraveling. The word comes from the latin word acus which means needle. In times past, aglets were usually made of metal though some were glass or stone. Many were highly ornamental, and made of precious metals such as silver. Before the invention of buttons, they were used on the ends of ribbons to fasten clothing together. Sometimes they would be formed into small figures. Shakespeare calls this type of figure an "aglet baby" in The Taming of the Shrew. Purely decorative metal ornaments called aigullette are sometimes features of modern military dress uniforms. \n\nIn modern times an aglet is a frequently used example of a common object whose name is relatively unknown. Perhaps due to this, they are occasionally referenced in popular culture. According to the paranoiac superhero The Question in Justice League Unlimited, their true purpose is sinister. According to characters from Achewood, aglets are a key ingredient in a drug called "Fool's Meth."