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The following list is composed of items, techniques and processes that were invented by or discovered by people from Switzerland.

Biology

DNA structure
DNA structure

Chemistry

Cellophane bag
Cellophane bag

Clothes and Fashion

Computing

Cuisine

Dry muesli mix, served with milk
Dry muesli mix, served with milk

Economics

Medicine

Military

Victorinox "Huntsman" Swiss Army knife
Victorinox "Huntsman" Swiss Army knife

Physics

Sports

The Swiss bobsleigh team from Davos, ca. 1910
The Swiss bobsleigh team from Davos, ca. 1910

Technology

Transportation

Miscellaneous

See also

List of Swiss inventors and discoverers

Notes

  1. ^ Jordan & Timaeus claims to have created milk chocolate using donkey milk in 1839 in Dresden[6]

References

  1. ^ Dahm, R (Jan 2008). "Discovering DNA: Friedrich Miesc research". Human Genetics. 122 (6): 565–81. doi:10.1007/s00439-007-0433-0. ISSN 0340-6717. PMID 17901982. S2CID 915930.
  2. ^ Mary Bellis (2012-04-09). "Charles Martin Hall - The History of Aluminum". Inventors.about.com. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  3. ^ "Computer mouse inventor dies in Vaud". World Radio Switzerland. 2009-10-14. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  4. ^ "The birth of the Web | CERN". home.cern. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  5. ^ a b c Thomas Stephens (13 December 2017). "The pioneers of Switzerland's 'Chocolate Revolution'". Swissinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Wie zwei Dresdner die Milchschokolade erfanden". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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