Article Detail Who invented Chloroform as anaesthetic ? Answer: James Simpson of Britain in 1847. Similar Questions : 1. Who invented Automatic rifle ? Answer: John Browning of U.S.A. in 1918. 2. Who invented Nylon ? Answer: Wallace Carothers 3. Who invented Transistor ? Answer: Bardeen, Shockley & Britain of U.S.A. in 1948 4. Who invented DNA Structure ? Answer: Crick(UK), Waston(US), Wilkins(UK) in 1951 5. Who invented Vitamin B1 ? Answer: Casimir Funk discovered in 1912 6. Who invented Bakelite ? Answer: Leo H. Baekeland of Belgium in 1907. 7. Who invented Safety Pin ? Answer: Walter Hunt of U.S.A. in 1849 Read more from - Important Inventions