Article Detail Who invented Steam Engine ? Answer: Thomas Savery of Britain in 1698 Similar Questions : 1. Who invented Chloroform as anaesthetic ? Answer: James Simpson of Britain in 1847. 2. Who invented Floppy disk ? Answer: IBM in 1970 3. Who invented Diesel Engine ? Answer: Rudoff Diesel of Germany in 1895 4. Who invented Nylon ? Answer: Wallace Carothers 5. Who invented Bakelite ? Answer: Leo H. Baekeland of Belgium in 1907. 6. Who invented watch ? Answer: Peter Henlein invented the first portable time piece in 1504 7. Who invented Atomic Bomb ? Answer: J. Robert Oppenheimer of U.S.A. in 1945 Read more from - Important Inventions