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Here are some of the many inventions of Irish people and contributions to fields of science made by some.
The submarines.
Choppers.
Mechanical caterpillar tracks
Robert Boyle invented the first match and a perpetual motion machine, discovered decompression sickness and formulated the famous law, named after himself, which states that the volume of a gas varies inversely to the pressure of the gas.
Ernest Walton could also be described as the inventor of a new field of scientific endeavour -- and he was from Waterford too. Born in 1903 in Dungarvan, Walton, together with John Cockcroft, was the first person to artificially split the atom, thus creating nuclear physics and making possible power-stations, A-bombs and everything they brought with them. In 1951, he became Ireland's only Nobel science laureate, when jointly awarded the Prize for Physics.
The column still, which is useful in the distillation of alcoholic spirits.
The induction coil -- found in car ignition systems, TVs and other electronic devices.
The rechargeable nickel-zinc battery, which is today used in cordless tools and telephones, digital cameras, electric vehicles and loads of other places.
Robert Mallet from Dublin, is considered the father of seismology -- the study of earthquakes and related seismic events such as tsunamis, volcanoes and tectonic shifts. He coined the term "epicentre", carried out experiments to discover an earthquake's effect on rock and showed that volcanic heat was caused by movement in the earth's crust.
Rubber heels on shoes were invented by Humphrey O'Sullivan from Cork.
The first four-wheel-drive Formula 1 car.
The ejector seat.
A method to construct lighthouses and ship moorings in deep water, mud and even sand.
The hypodermic syringe.
The use of radiotherapy in treating cancer.
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