Exterior of the National Inventors Hall of Fame museum, 2005

The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that honors important inventors from the whole world. The only prerequisite of induction is being named an inventor on a US patent. Posthumous induction is allowed. As of 2007 there were 371 inductees. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Inventor (disambiguation). ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The organization has a museum in Akron, Ohio, and an annual induction ceremony. Inductees are chosen by a national panel of inventors and scientists. There are satellite offices in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Nickname: The Rubber Capital of the World Location within the state of Ohio Country United States State Ohio County Summit Founded 1825 Incorporated 1835 (village) - 1865 (city) Government  - Mayor Don Plusquellic (D) Area  - City  62. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

It is a non-profit organization founded in 1973 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations. The organization hosts the Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge, an annual contest for inventors nationwide, in collaboration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Time magazine and The History Channel. It also operates Camp Invention, a summer camp program for elementary school age children and the Collegiate Inventors Competition. Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... PTO headquarters in Alexandria The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent and trademark protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions and corporate and product identification. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... For the Canadian equivalent of this channel, see History Television. ...

Inductees

A

• Edward Goodrich Acheson, carborundum
• Herman Affel, coaxial cable
• Ernst Alexanderson, radio
• Andrew Alford, VHF omnidirectional range
• Samuel Leeds Allen, Flexible flyer sled
• Luis Walter Alvarez, radio distance and direction indicator; hydrogen bubble chamber
• Edwin Howard Armstrong, FM radio

—Edward Goodrich Acheson (March 9, 1856 - July 6, 1931) was a American chemist. ... Silicon carbide (SiC) or moissanite is a ceramic compound of silicon and carbon. ... Herman A. Affel (1893-1972) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, noted for coinventing the coaxial cable carrier system for multiple high speed long distance data transmissions. ... Coaxial Cable For the weapon, see coaxial weapon. ... Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson (January 25, 1878–May 14, 1975) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer. ... Andrew Alford (August 5 1904, Samara, Russia - January 25 1992) was an American electrical engineer and inventor. ... D-VOR (Doppler VOR) ground station, co-located with DME. VOR, short for VHF Omni-directional Radio Range, is a type of radio navigation system for aircraft. ... Samuel Leeds Allen (1841-1918) was an inventor and industrialist, whose most famous invention was the Flexible Flyer, the worlds first steerable runner sled. ... Scene from winter nearly anywhere snow may fall on a handy hill—Children at play sledding. ... Luis Walter Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) of San Francisco, California, USA, was a famed physicist who worked at the University of California, Berkeley. ... This long range radar antenna, known as ALTAIR, is used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein atoll. ... A bubble chamber A bubble chamber is a vessel filled with a superheated transparent liquid used to detect electrically charged particles moving through it. ... Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 – January 31, 1954) was an American electrical engineer and inventor. ... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ...

B

• Alpheus Babcock, cast iron piano frame
• George Herman Babcock, steam generator
• Leo Hendrik Baekeland, Bakelite
• Rodney Bagley, substrate for catalytic converters
• Matthias William Baldwin, steam locomotive
• Robert Banks, polypropylene plastics
• Frederick Banting, isolated and purified insulin
• Paul Baran, digital packet switching
• John Bardeen, transistor
• C. Donald Bateman, ground proximity warning system
• Andrew Jackson Beard (1849-1921), improved Janney coupler for railroad cars
• Arnold Orville Beckman, pH meter
• Semi Joseph Begun, magnetic recording
• Alexander Graham Bell, telephone
• Willard Harrison Bennett, mass spectrometry
• Emile Berliner, gramophone and microphone
• Henry Bessemer, Bessemer process for steel production
• Charles Best, isolation of insulin
• Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814-1879), powered loom
• Gerd Karl Binnig, scanning tunneling microscope
• Forrest M. Bird, respirator
• Clarence Birdseye, frozen food
• László Bíró, ballpoint pen
• Harold Stephen Black, feedback amplifier
• Eli Whitney Blake, machine for crushing stone
• Helen Blanchard (1840-1922), innovations to sewing machine
• Thomas Blanchard (1788-1864), pattern lathe
• Katharine B. Blodgett , Langmuir-Blodgett film
• Samuel Blum, LASIK eye surgery
• Baruch Blumberg, vaccine for hepatitis B
• James Bogardus , iron frame building
• Nils Bohlin, safety belt
• Gail Borden, Jr. (1801-1874), process for condensed milk
• Karl Bosch, Haber-Bosch process for ammonia production
• Robert W. Bower, MOSFET
• Seth Boyden (1788-1870), process for making malleable iron
• Herbert W. Boyer, genetic engineering
• Willard Boyle, charge coupled device
• Milton Bradley (1836-1911), game board
• Jacques Brandenberger (1872-1954), Cellophane
• Charles F. Brannock, Brannock device for foot measuring
• Walter Brattain, transistor
• Rachel Brown, Nystatin antifungal
• John Moses Browning , Breech-loading rifle
• Charles F. Brush (1849-1929), arc light for street lighting
• Luther Burbank, plant breeding
• Joseph H. Burckhalter, isothiocyanates
• William Seward Burroughs, adding machine
• William Merriam Burton, catalytic cracking
• Vannevar Bush, differential analyzer

Alpheus Babcock (1785-1842) was a piano and music instrument maker in Boston, Massachusetts and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the early 1800s. ... Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but can mean any of a group of iron-based alloys containing more than 2% carbon (alloys with less carbon are carbon steel by definition). ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... George Herman Babcock (June 17, 1832 – December 16, 1893) was an American inventor. ... A steam generator is a device used to boil water to create steam. ... Leo Hendrik Baekeland (November 14, 1863 - February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist. ... Bakelite is a material based on the thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride developed in 1907–1909 by Dr. Leo Baekeland. ... In an automobiles exhaust system, a catalytic converter provides an environment for a chemical reaction where unburned hydrocarbons completely combust. ... Matthias William Baldwin References Appletons Encyclopedia (2001), Matthias William Baldwin. ... Union Pacific Big Boy #4012 at work on a cold November 29, 1941 A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. ... Robert Banks was born on November 24, 1921 in Piedmont. ... Polypropylene lid of a Tic Tacs box, with a living hinge and the resin identification code under its flap Micrograph of polypropylene Polypropylene or polypropene (PP) is a thermoplastic polymer, made by the chemical industry and used in a wide variety of applications, including food packaging, ropes, textiles, plastic parts... Sir Frederick Grant Banting, KBE, MC, MD, FRSC (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discovers of insulin. ... Insulin (from Latin insula, island, as it is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas) is a polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. ... Paul Baran (born 1926) was one of the developers of packet-switched networks along with Donald Davies and Leonard Kleinrock. ... In computer networking and telecommunications, packet switching is a communications paradigm in which packets (messages or fragments of messages) are individually routed between nodes, with no previously established communication path. ... John Bardeen (May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) was an American physicist and electrical engineer. ... Assorted discrete transistors A transistor is a semiconductor device, commonly used as an amplifier. ... Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) is a system designed to alert pilots if their aircraft is in immediate danger of flying into the ground. ... Andrew Jackson Beard (1849-1921) was an African-American inventor. ... Knuckle (AAR Type E) couplers in use AAR Type E railroad car coupling A coupling (or a coupler) is a mechanism for connecting railway cars in a train. ... A railroad car (or, more briefly, car), also known as an item of rolling stock in British parlance, is a vehicle on a railroad or railway that is not a locomotive - one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. ... Arnold Orville Beckman (April 10, 1900 – May 18, 2004) was an American chemist who founded Beckman Instruments based on his invention of the pH meter, a device for measuring acidity, in 1934. ... A pH meter is an electronic instrument used to measure the pH (acidity or basicity) of a liquid (though special probes are sometimes used to measure the pH of semi-solid substances, such as cheese). ... Semi Joseph Begun, usually referred to as S. Joseph Begun, born in Germany, in 1943 was Vice President of Research for Brush Development Company, Cleveland, Ohio. ... Magnetic storage is a term from engineering referring to the storage of data on a magnetised medium. ... A portrait of Alexander Graham Bell in 1910s Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922) was a scientist, inventor, and innovator. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Willard Harrison Bennett (1903 - 1987) was a scientist and inventor. ... Mass spectrometry (also known as mass spectroscopy (deprecated)[1] or informally, mass-spec and MS) is an analytical technique used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. ... Emile Berliner with disc record gramophone. ... Edison cylinder phonograph from about 1899 The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. ... A microphone, sometimes referred to as a mike or mic (both IPA pronunciation: ), is an acoustic to electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. ... Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) Sir Henry Bessemer (January 19, 1813 – March 15, 1898), English engineer and inventor, was born at Charlton near Hitchin in Hertfordshire. ... Bessemer converter, schematic diagram The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron. ... Charles Herbert Best, CC, (February 27, 1899 – March 31, 1978) was a medical scientist. ... Insulin (from Latin insula, island, as it is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas) is a polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. ... Erastus Brigham Bigelow (April 2, 1814 – December 6, 1879) was an American inventor of weaving machines. ... A Turkish woman in Konya works at a traditional loom. ... Gerd Binnig (born July 20, 1947) is a German-born physicist who shared with Heinrich Rohrer half of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Physics for their invention of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). ... Image of substitutional Cr impurities (small bumps) in the Fe(001) surface. ... Dr. Forrest M. Bird is an American inventor and aeromedical scientist, born in Stoughton, Massachusetts on June 9, 1921. ... It has been suggested that gas mask be merged into this article or section. ... Birdseyes double belt freezer (US Patent #1,773,079) oo[ lee is the king of the world Clarence Birdseye (December 9, 1886 - October 7, 1956), is considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry. ... Frozen food is food preserved by the process of freezing. ... Bírós invention Birome Ladislao José Biro[1] or Laszlo Josef Biro (Hungarian: Bíró László József) (September 29, 1899 — November 24, 1985) is the inventor of the modern ballpoint pen. ... Ballpoint pen, disassembled (top) and complete (bottom) A ballpoint pen (also eponymously known in British English as a biro and pronounced bye-row in Britain but sometimes bee-row elsewhere), is a modern writing instrument. ... Harold Stephen Black (1898-1983) was an cock who revolutionized the field of applied electronics by inventing the buttplug in 1927. ... A feedback amplifier, also known as negative feedback amplifier is an amplifier which uses a feedback network, generally for improving performance (gain stability, linearity, frequency response etc. ... Eli Whitney Blake, Sr. ... Look up stone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Helen Blanchard (1840-1922) was known for her numerous inventions dealing with sewing machines. ... A modern machine (Singer Symphonie 300) A sewing machine is a mechanical (or electromechanical) device that joins fabric using thread. ... Thomas Blanchard (1788–1864) was a prolific American inventor, awarded over twenty-five patents for his creations. ... Not to be confused with Lath, a thin piece of wood. ... // Katharine Blodgett was named the first woman to ever get her Ph. ... A Langmuir-Blodgett film contains of one or more monolayers of an organic material, deposited from the surface of a liquid onto a solid by immersing (or emersing) the solid substrate into (or from) the liquid. ... LASIK, an acronym for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, is a form of refractive laser eye surgery performed by ophthalmologists intended for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. ... Baruch Samuel Blumberg (born 1925) is a American scientist and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases. ... Hepatitis B is an inflammation of the liver and is caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a member of the Hepadnavirus family[1] and one of hundreds of unrelated viral species which cause viral hepatitis. ... James Bogardus (born March 14, 1800 in Catskill, New York; died April 13, 1874 in New York City) was an U.S. inventor and architect. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Standard atomic weight 55. ... Nils Ivar Bohlin (July 17, 1920 – September 26, 2002) was a Swedish inventor who invented the three-point safety belt while working at Volvo. ... A three-point seat belt. ... Gail Borden, Jr ( 9 November 1801 - 11 January 1874 ) was the U.S. inventor of condensed milk 1856. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Carl Bosch (August 27, 1874 – April 26, 1940) was a German chemist and engineer. ... The Haber Process (also Haber-Bosch process) is the reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen to produce ammonia. ... The metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is by far the most common field-effect transistor in both digital and analog circuits. ... Seth Boyden Seth Boyden (November 17, 1788 – March 31, 1870) was an American inventor. ... Malleable Iron is the oldest member of the family of nodular irons. ... Herbert (Herb) Boyer (born 1936) is a Co-recipient of the 1996 Lemelson-MIT Prize and a co-founder of Genentech. ... An iconic image of genetic engineering; this autoluminograph from 1986 of a glowing transgenic tobacco plant bearing the luciferase gene, illustrating the possibilities of genetic engineering. ... Willard S Boyle (born August 19, 1924) is a Canadian physicist and co-inventor of the Charge-coupled device. ... A charge-coupled device (CCD), is an integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled, capacitors. ... Milton Bradley (1836 - 1911) was a game pioneer, credited by many with launching the game industry in North America. ... A board game is any game played on a board (that is, a premarked surface) with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. ... Cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of processed cellulose. ... A Brannock Device is a tool for measuring the human foot, generally as part of the process of fitting shoes. ... Walter Houser Brattain (February 10, 1902 – October 13, 1987) was a physicist who, along with John Bardeen, invented the transistor. ... Assorted discrete transistors A transistor is a semiconductor device, commonly used as an amplifier. ... Rachel Brown (born July 2, 1980) is an English footballer, currently playing for Everton Ladies and England Women. ... Nystatin (Nystan®, Infestat®, Nystamont®) is an polyene antimycotic drug Nystatin is considered one of the clean drugs as it has no proven side effects. ... John Moses Browning (January 21, 1855–November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed many varieties of weapons which were used in the US Military for decades in the 20th century. ... A breech-loading weapon, usually a gun or cannon, is one where the bullet or shell is inserted, loaded, into the gun at the rear of the barrel, the breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading. ... Charles Francis Brush (March 17, 1849 - June 15, 1929); a U.S. inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. ... A Techno-Thriller, Arc Light is set towards the end of the 1990s and depicts a warp between the United States of America and the Soviet Union. ... Luther Burbank - c1902 Luther Burbank - The Wizard of Horticulture Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849–April 11, 1926)[1] was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer of agricultural science. ... Plant breeding is the purposeful manipulation of plant species in order to create desired genotypes and phenotypes for specific purposes. ... Joseph H. Burckhalter (October 9, 1912 – May 9, 2004) was a chemist who worked in the field of isothiocyanate compounds. ... General structure of an isothiocyanate Isothiocyanate is the chemical group -N=C=S, formed by substituting sulfur for oxygen in the isocyanate group. ... Patent no. ... adding machine Older adding machine. ... William Merriam Burton (November 17, 1865 - December 29, 1954) was an U.S. chemist who developed the first thermal cracking process for crude oil. ... In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules (e. ... Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his political role in the development of the atomic bomb, and the idea of the memex—seen as a pioneering concept for the World Wide Web. ... The differential analyser was a mechanical analog computer invented by Vannevar Bush in 1927. ...

C

• Edward Calahan (1838-1912), stock ticker
• Donald L. Campbell, catalytic cracking
• Marvin Camras, magnetic recording
• Chester F. Carlson, Xerox photocopying process
• Wallace Hume Carothers, synthetic rubber
• Willis Haviland Carrier, air conditioner
• George Carruthers, ultraviolet camera
• George Washington Carver, peanut products
• Frank Cepollina, satellite servicing techniques
• Vinton G. Cerf, Internet protocol
• Emmett Chappelle, bioluminescence
• Georges Claude, Neon light
• Josephine Cochrane (1839-1913), dishwasher
• Stanley N. Cohen, genetic engineering
• James Collip isolated and purified insulin
• Samuel Colt (1814-1862), Colt revolver with interchangeable parts
• Frank B. Colton, oral contraceptives
• Lloyd H. Conover, tetracycline
• William D. Coolidge x-ray tube
• Peter Cooper (1791-1883), American steam locomotive
• Harry Coover, superglue
• George Henry Corliss (1817-1888), improvements to steam engine
• Martha Coston (1826-1904), signal flare used for ships
• Frederick G. Cottrell, electrostatic precipitator
• Wallace H. Coulter, Coulter principle
• Joshua Lionel Cowen, model train
• Eckley Coxe (1839-1895), traveling grate furnace
• Seymour Cray, supercomputer
• George Crompton, loom
• Glenn Curtiss, hydroplane
• David Cushman, captopril

The board and equipment for Stock Ticker Stock Ticker is a now out of print board game that was popular upon its release and is still played today. ... In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules (e. ... Marvin Camras (January 1, 1916 - June 23, 1995) was an important pioneer in the field of magnetic recording. ... Magnetic storage is a term from engineering referring to the storage of data on a magnetised medium. ... Chester Carlson Chester Floyd Carlson (February 8, 1906 - September 19, 1968) was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington. ... Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) is an American document management company, which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers (April 27, 1896 - April 29, 1937) was the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont. ... Synthetic rubber is any type of artificially made polymer material which acts as an elastomer. ... This article or section should be merged with Willis Carrier Willis Haviland Carrier (1876 - 1950). ... Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ... George Robert Carruthers ( born October 1, 1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an African-American inventor, physicist, and space scientist. ... “UV” redirects here. ... George Washington Carver, 1906 George Washington Carver (c. ... Binomial name L. This article is about the legume. ... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... Vinton G. Cerf (born June 23, 1943) is commonly referred to as the father of the Internet. During his tenure from 1976 to 1982 with the United States Department of Defenses Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf played a key role leading the development of Internet and Internet-related... The Internet Protocol (IP) is a data-oriented protocol used for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork. ... Emmett W. Chappelle (1925-) is a scientist and researcher who made valuable contributions in several fields: medicine, biology, food science, and astrochemistry. ... Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical energy is converted to light energy. ... Inspired in part by Daniel McFarlan Moores invention, Moore’s Lamp, Paris born chemist and inventor, Georges Claude invented the neon light by passing an electric current through inert gases made them light very brightly. ... A neon lamp is a gas discharge lamp containing neon gas at low pressure. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A Dishwasher A two drawer DishDrawer dishwasher. ... Stanley N. Cohen is an American geneticist. ... An iconic image of genetic engineering; this autoluminograph from 1986 of a glowing transgenic tobacco plant bearing the luciferase gene, illustrating the possibilities of genetic engineering. ... James Collip was part of the Toronto group which helped create insulin. ... Insulin (from Latin insula, island, as it is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas) is a polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. ... Samuel Colt (19th century engraving) Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford, Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. ... Rampant Colt—The original logo of Colts Firearms Colts Manufacturing Company is a firearms manufacturer founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1847 by Samuel Colt in order to produce revolvers, which Colt held the patent on, during the Mexican-American War. ... Frank Benjamin Colton (March 3, 1923 - November 25, 2003), American chemist who first synthesized norethynodrel, the progestin used in Enovid, the first oral contraceptive, at G. D. Searle & Company in Skokie, Illinois in 1952. ... The combined oral contraceptive pill, often referred to as the Pill, is a combination of an estrogen (oestrogen) and a progestin (progestogen), taken by mouth to inhibit normal fertility. ... Lloyd Conover (born 1923 in Orange, New Jersey) is the inventor of Tetracycline. ... Tetracycline (INN) (IPA: ) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by the streptomyces bacterium, indicated for use against many bacterial infections. ... William David Coolidge (October 23, 1873–February 3, 1975) was an American physicist. ... An X-Ray tube is a vacuum tube designed to produce man made X-Ray photons on demand. ... Peter Cooper (February 12, 1791 – April 4, 1883) was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and candidate for President of the United States. ... Union Pacific Big Boy #4012 at work on a cold November 29, 1941 A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. ... Harry Coover (b. ... Cyanoacrylate is the generic name for substances such as methyl-2-cyanoacrylate, which is usually sold under the trademarks Superglue and Krazy Glue, and 2-octyl cyanoacrylate, which is used in medical glues such as Dermabond and Traumaseal. ... George Henry Corliss George Henry Corliss (June 2, 1817 – February 21, 1888) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer, and the inventor of the Corliss Steam Engine. ... // The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ... A World War I-era parachute flare dropped from aircraft for illumination. ... Frederick Gardner Cottrell (1877-1948) was an American physical chemist and inventor. ... An electrostatic precipitator (ESP), or electrostatic air cleaner is a particulate collection device that removes particles from a flowing gas (such as air) using the force of an induced electrostatic charge. ... Wallace Henry Coulter was an engineer, inventor, entrepreneur and visionary. ... The Coulter principle states that particles pulled through an orifice, concurrent with an electrical current, produce a change in impedance that is proportional to the size of the particle traversing the orifice. ... Joshua Lionel Cowen (August 25, 1877-1965), born Joshua Lionel Cohen, was an American inventor and the cofounder of Lionel Corporation, a manufacturer of model railroads and toy trains. ... This article needs cleanup. ... A furnace is a device for heating air or any other fluid. ... Seymour Roger Cray (September 28, 1925 â€“ October 5, 1996) was a U.S. electrical engineer and supercomputer architect who founded the company Cray Research. ... A supercomputer is a computer that led the world in terms of processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation, at the time of its introduction. ... A Turkish woman in Konya works at a traditional loom. ... Glenn H. Curtiss at the Grande Semaine dAviation in France in 1909 Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. ... Look up hydroplane in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... David Cushman (November 15, 1939 – August 14, 2000) was an American chemist famous for his role in the invention of captopril, the first of the ACE inhibitors used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. ... Captopril is an Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor) used for the treatment of hypertension and some types of chronic heart failure. ...

D

• Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900), design of automobile and motorcycle engines
• Raymond V. Damadian, MRI
• Donald Davies, digital packet switching
• Lee De Forest, Audion tube for radio detection
• George de Mestral, Velcro
• Mark Dean, computer peripherals
• John Deere, farm plow
• Robert Dennard, DRAM
• Rudolf Diesel, internal combustion engine
• Walt Disney, multiplane camera
• Carl Djerassi, oral contraceptives
• Ray Dolby, Dolby noise reduction
• Herbert Henry Dow, bromine extraction
• Charles Stark Draper, stabilizing gyroscopic
• Richard Drew, Adhesive tape
• Philip Drinker, Iron lung
• John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921), pneumatic tire
• Graham J. Durant, cimetidine

Gottlieb Daimler Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (March 17, 1834 - March 6, 1900) was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of Württemberg) what is now Germany. ... A motorcycle engine is an engine found in a motorcycle, which serves to propel the motorcycle. ... Raymond V. Damadian. ... The mri are a fictional alien species in the Faded Sun Trilogy of C.J. Cherryh. ... Donald Davies Donald Watts Davies CBE FRS (June 7, 1924 – May 28, 2000) was a British computer scientist who was a co-inventor of packet switching (and originator of the term), along with Paul Baran and Leonard Kleinrock in the US. Just prior to Davies death, he contested Kleinrocks... In computer networking and telecommunications, packet switching is a communications paradigm in which packets (messages or fragments of messages) are individually routed between nodes, with no previously established communication path. ... Lee De Forest, (August 26, 1873 – June 30, 1961) was an American inventor with over 300 patents to his credit. ... The Audion is an electronic amplifier device invented by Lee De Forest in 1906, the forerunner of what is generally known as a triode today, in which the flow of current from the filament to the plate was controlled by a third element, the grid. ... George de Mestral (June 19, 1907 - February 8, 1990) was an electrical engineer who invented Velcro. ... Velcro: hooks (left) and loops (right). ... Mark Dean Dr. Mark Dean is an inventor and a computer scientist. ... For an account of the words periphery and peripheral as they are used in biology, sociology, politics, computer hardware, and other fields, see the periphery disambiguation page. ... mike weaver is the coolest kid ever plus alek John Deere For information on the John Deere manufacturing company, please see the Deere & Company article. ... For the constellation known as The Plough see Ursa Major. ... Robert Dennard (Born Terrell, Texas, USA in 1932-) is an American electrical engineer and inventor. ... Dram can mean several things: For the imperial unit of volume see dram (unit), commonly used to describe a measure of Scotch whisky For the imperial unit of weight or mass see avoirdupois and apothecaries system (of mass) For the Armenian monetary unit see dram (currency) DRAM is a type... This article is about Rudolf Diesel, the German inventor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The combined oral contraceptive pill, often referred to as the Pill, is a combination of an estrogen (oestrogen) and a progestin (progestogen), taken by mouth to inhibit normal fertility. ... Dolby (left) is inducted into the NIHF Ray Dolby (born January 18, 1933) is the American inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. He is the founder and chairman of Dolby Laboratories. ... Dolby NR is a noise reduction system developed by Dolby Laboratories for use in analogue magnetic tape recording. ... Herbert Henry Dow (1866 — 1930) was a U.S. (Canadian-born) chemical industrialist. ... General Name, Symbol, Number bromine, Br, 35 Chemical series halogens Group, Period, Block 17, 4, p Appearance gas/liquid: red-brown solid: metallic luster Atomic mass 79. ... Charles Stark Draper (October 2, 1901 – July 25, 1987) is often referred to as the father of inertial navigation. ... Richard G. Drew (1899-1980) was an American inventor who worked for 3M in St. ... Two rolls of adhesive tape. ... ... An Emerson iron lung. ... John Boyd Dunlop (February 5, 1840 – October 23, 1921) was a Scottish inventor who founded the rubber company that bears his name, Dunlop Tyres. ... Firestone tire A tire (US spelling) or tyre (UK spelling) is a roughly toroidal piece of (usually) rubber placed on a wheel to cushion it. ... Cimetidine is a histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach. ...

E

• George Eastman, photography
• John Presper Eckert, ENIAC
• Harold E. Edgerton, stroboscope photography
• Thomas Alva Edison, practical electric light
• Alfred Einhorn, Novocain
• Gertrude Belle Elion, leukemia drug
• John Colin Emmett, cimetidine
• Douglas Engelbart, computer mouse
• John Ericsson, screw propeller
• Lloyd Espenschied, coaxial cable
• Oliver Evans, high pressure steam engine
• Ole Evinrude, Outboard motor

A 1954 U.S. stamp featuring George Eastman. ... Photography [fәtɑgrәfi:],[foʊtɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or sensor. ... John Presper Eckert, a computer pioneer, was born April 9, 1919 in Philadelphia and died June 3, 1995 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. ... ENIAC ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer,[1] was the first large-scale, electronic, digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems,[2] although earlier computers had been built with some of these properties. ... Shadowgraph of a . ... A stroboscope , also known as a strobe, is an instrument used to make a cyclically moving object appear to be slow-moving or stationary. ... Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) was an inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. ... Most of the industrialized world is lit by electric lights, which are used both at night and to provide additional light during the daytime. ... Alfred Einhorn (1856 – 1917) was a German chemist most notable for first synthesizing procaine in 1905 which he patented under the name Novocain. ... Procaine hydrochloride is a local anesthetic used primarily in dentistry. ... Gertrude B. Elion (January 23, 1918 - February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. ... Leukemia or leukaemia (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). ... Cimetidine is a histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach. ... Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart (born January 30, 1925 in Oregon) is an American inventor of German descent. ... Operating a mechanical 1: Pulling the mouse turns the ball. ... John Ericsson (1803-1889) This article is about John Ericsson, the Swedish and American inventor. ... A propeller can be seen as a rotating fin in water or a wing in air. ... Lloyd Espenschied (27 April 1889 – June 1986) was an electrical engineer. ... Coaxial Cable For the weapon, see coaxial weapon. ... Oliver Evans Oliver Evans (13 September 1755 – 15 April 1819) was a United States inventor. ... // The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ... Ole Evinrude (1877 - 1934) was a U.S. inventor. ... Bolinders two cylinder Trim outboard engine. ...

F

• Maxime Faget, space capsule
• Federico Faggin, CPU
• Moses Farmer (1820-1893), electric fire alarm system
• Philo Taylor Farnsworth, television
• James Fergason, liquid crystal display
• Enrico Fermi, nuclear fission
• Reginald A. Fessenden, AM radio
• Harvey Firestone (1868-1938), pneumatic tire
• John Fitch (1743-1798), steamboat
• Edith Flanigen, molecular sieves
• Thomas J. Fogarty, embolectomy catheter
• Henry Ford, automobile
• Jay W. Forrester, random access memory
• John Franz, roundup
• Alfred Free, glucose detection for diabetes
• Helen Murray Free, glucose detection for diabetes
• Robert Fulton (1765-1815), steamboat

Max Faget Maxime Max A. Faget (August 26, 1921 – October 9, 2004) was an American engineer. ... Image:Vostok Raumkapsel in der Endmontage. ... Federico Faggin (born 1 December 1941) is a physicist and electrical engineer considered to be one of the inventors of the microprocessor. ... CPU can stand for: in computing: Central processing unit in journalism: Commonwealth Press Union in law enforcement: Crime prevention unit in software: Critical patch update, a type of software patch distributed by Oracle Corporation in Macleans College is often known as Ash Lim. ... Moses Gerrish Farmer (February 9, 1820 – May 25, 1893) was an electrical engineer and inventor. ... A Wheelock MT-24-LSM fire alarm horn and strobe. ... This article needs cleanup. ... James Fergason (born Wakenda, Missouri, January 12, 1934) is the inventor of an improved Liquid Crystal Display, or LCD. After obtaining a Bachelors Degree in physics from the University of Missouri in 1956, Fergason began his work on the practical uses of liquid crystals at the Westinghouse Research Laboratories... Reflective twisted nematic liquid crystal display. ... Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 – November 28, 1954) was an Italian physicist most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics and statistical mechanics. ... For the generation of electrical power by fission, see Nuclear power plant An induced nuclear fission event. ... Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 – July 22, 1932) was a Canadian inventor, best known for his work in early radio. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Harvey Samuel Firestone was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires and an important contributor to North American economic growth in the 20th century. ... Firestone tire A tire (US spelling) or tyre (UK spelling) is a roughly toroidal piece of (usually) rubber placed on a wheel to cushion it. ... John Fitch (born on January 21, 1743 in South Windsor, Connecticut, died by suicide July, 1798) was a clockmaker, brassworker, and silversmith who built the first recorded steam powered ship in the United States, in 1786. ... Paddle steamers — Lucerne, Switzerland. ... A molecular sieve is a material containing tiny pores of a precise and uniform size that is used as an adsorbent for gases and liquids. ... Catheter disassembled In medicine, a catheter is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity, duct or vessel. ... Henry Ford (1919) Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. ... Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race Passenger cars in use in 2000 An automobile (or motorcar; often simply car; also auto, motor) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... Jay Wright Forrester (born 14 July 1918 Climax, Nebraska) is an American pioneer of computer engineering. ... Random access memory (usually known by its acronym, RAM) is a type of data storage used in computers. ... Roundup is the brand name of a systemic, broad-spectrum herbicide produced by the U.S. life sciences giant Monsanto. ... Glucose (Glc), a monosaccharide (or simple sugar), is the most important carbohydrate in biology. ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ... Glucose (Glc), a monosaccharide (or simple sugar), is the most important carbohydrate in biology. ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ... Robert Fulton Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was a U.S. engineer and inventor, who was widely credited with developing the first steam-powered ship marked as a commercial success. ... Paddle steamers — Lucerne, Switzerland. ...

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• Robert Gallo, HIV isolation
• C. Robin Ganellin, cimetidine
• Edmund Germer, fluorescent lighting
• Ivan Getting, GPS
• John Heysham Gibbon, heart-lung machine
• King Camp Gillette, safety razor
• Charles P. Ginsburg, video tape recording
• Joseph Glidden (1813-1906), barbed wire
• Robert Hutchings Goddard, rockets
• William Goddard, hard drive and floppy disk
• Leopold Godowsky, Jr., Kodachrome
• Peter Carl Goldmark, long playing record
• Charles Goodyear, vulcanization
• Robert L. Gore, Goretex
• Gordon Gould, laser
• Zénobe Gramme (1826-1901), direct-current dynamo
• Elisha Gray, telephone and telegraph improvements
• Wilson Greatbatch, heart pacemaker
• Leonard Michael Greene, aircraft stall warning
• Leroy Grumman, retractable landing gear
• Robert Gundlach, photocopier

Dr. Robert C. Gallo Robert Charles Gallo (born March 23, 1937) is a U.S. biomedical researcher. ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ... Cimetidine is a histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits the production of acid in the stomach. ... Edmund Germer (August 24, 1901 - August 10, 1987) was a German inventor granted as the father of the fluorescent lamp for which he deposited U.S. Patent No 2,182,732 in 1926 with Friedrich Meyer and Hans J. Spanner. ... A compact fluorescent lamp with an integrated electronic ballast A fluorescent lamp is a type of lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor in argon or neon gas, producing short-wave ultraviolet light. ... An American Physicist and Electrical Engineer, credited (along with Bradford Parkinson) with the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS). ... Over fifty GPS satellites such as this NAVSTAR have been launched since 1978. ... John Heysham Gibbon Jr. ... A heart-lung machine (upper right) in a coronary artery bypass surgery. ... King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855 - July 9, 1932) developed and patented the safety razor. ... A safety razor is a razor where the skin is protected from all but the very edge of the blade. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... A video tape recorder (VTR), is a tape recorder that can record video material. ... Joseph Glidden Joseph Farwell Glidden (January 18, 1813–1906) was an American farmer who patented barbed wire, a product that forever altered the development of the American West. ... A selection of forms of barbed wire. ... Robert Goddard Robert Hutchins Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was one of the pioneers of modern rocketry. ... US Smarties (by Ce De Candy) US Smarties (by Ce De Candy) In the United States, Smarties are a type of artificially fruit-flavored candy produced by Ce De Candy. ... Typical hard drives of the mid-1990s. ... A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible (floppy) magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. ... Leopold Godowsky (Leopold Godowski) (February 13, 1870–November 21, 1938) was a Polish pianist, composer, and teacher. ... Kodachrome is the trademarked name of a brand of color reversal film sold by Eastman Kodak in various slide and movie formats since its introduction in 1935. ... Peter Carl Goldmark (December 2, 1906 – December 7, 1977) was a Hungarian-born, American engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the long-playing (LP) microgroove 33-1/3 rpm vinyl phonograph discs which defined home audio for two generations. ... The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (1967) as a 33 â…“ LP vinyl record A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc. ... Charles Goodyear, as illustrated in an 1891 Scientific American article Charles Spencer Goodyear (December 29, 1800 - July 1, 1860) was the first American to vulcanize rubber, a process which he discovered in 1839 and patented on June 15, 1844. ... Vulcanization refers to a specific curing process of rubber involving high heat and the addition of sulfur. ... Gore-tex is a proprietary teflonized textile material owned by W.L. Gore & Associates. ... Gordon Gould (July 17, 1920 — September 16, 2005) was an American physicist and the credited inventor of the laser. ... Experiment with a laser (US Military) In physics, a laser is a device that emits light through a specific mechanism for which the term laser is an acronym: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. ... Zénobe Gramme, by Mathurin Moreau Zénobe Théophile Gramme (April 4, 1826 - January 20, 1901) was a Belgian electrical engineer. ... Dynamo, or Dinamo, may refer to: Dynamo, an electrical generator Dynamo (sports society) of the Soviet Union Operation Dynamo, the 1940 mass evacuation at Dunkirk Dynamo, the rock band based in Belfast Dynamo theory, a theory relating to magnetic fields of celestial bodies Dynamo Open Air, annual heavy metal music... Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an electrical engineer and is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois, independently of Alexander Graham Bell. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ... Wilson Greatbatch is an inventor who advanced the development of early implantable cardiac pacemakers. ... A pacemaker (or artificial pacemaker, so as not to be confused with the hearts natural pacemaker) is a medical device designed by Nitish and Raheel to regulate the beating of the heart. ... In aerodynamics, a stall is a condition in which an excessive angle of attack causes loss of lift due to disruption of airflow. ... Leroy Randle Grumman (January 4, 1895 - October 4, 1982) was an American industrialist and aeronautical engineer. ... Main and nosewheel undercarriage of a Qatar Airways Airbus A330 The undercarriage or landing gear is equipment which supports an aircraft when it is not flying. ... A small, much-used Xerox copier in a high school library. ...

H

• Fritz Haber, ammonia production process
• Charles Martin Hall, aluminum production process
• Lloyd Hall, magnetron
• Robert N. Hall, sterile packing food
• Thomas Seavey Hall, Railroad signal
• Andrew Smith Hallidie (1836-1900), cable car
• William Edward Hanford, polyurethane
• Elizabeth Lee Hazen, Nystatin
• M. Stephen Heilman, defibrillator
• Beulah Louise Henry (1887-1973)
• William R. Hewlett, audio signals
• Rene Alphonse Higonnet, phototypesetting machine
• Maurice Hilleman, vaccines
• James Hillier, electron microscope
• Richard M. Hoe, rotary printing press
• Marcian Hoff, CPU
• Felix Hoffmann, aspirin
• Paul Hogan, polypropylene and HDPE
• John Phillip Holland, Submarine
• Herman Hollerith, punch card tabulator
• Alexander Lyman Holley (1832-1882), steelmaking
• Birdsill Holly (1820-1894), fire hydrant
• Donald Fletcher Holmes, polyurethane
• Benjamin Holt, tractor
• Leroy Hood, DNA sequencer
• Eugene Houdry, catalytic cracking
• Godfrey Hounsfield, CAT scanner
• Elias Howe, sewing machine
• George Hulett (1846-1923), loading and unloading machine
• Walter Hunt (1796-1859), safety pin
• John Hyatt (1837-1920), celluloid
• Franklin Hyde, transparent silica

Fritz Haber in 1918. ... The Haber Process (also Haber-Bosch process) is the reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen to produce ammonia. ... Charles M. Hall (1863-1914) Charles Martin Hall (1863-1914) was an American inventor and engineer. ... The Hall-Héroult process is the major industrial process for the production of aluminium. ... Lloyd Augustus Hall (June 20, 1894 - January 2, 1971) was an African American chemist who contributed to the science of food preservation. ... A cavity magnetron is a high-powered vacuum tube that generates coherent microwaves. ... American inventor Robert N. Hall (December 25, 1919-) demonstrated the first semiconductor laser, and invented a type of magnetron commonly used in microwave ovens. ... A signal is a mechanical or electrical device that indicates to train drivers information about the state of the line ahead, and therefore whether he or she must stop or may start, or instructions on what speed the train may go. ... Andrew Smith Hallidie Andrew Smith Hallidie (16 March 1836 – 24 April 1900) was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco. ... Cable Car in San Francisco A San Francisco cable car Winding drums on the London and Blackwall cable-operated railway, 1840. ... A polyurethane is any polymer consisting of a chain of organic units joined by urethane links. ... Nystatin (Nystan®, Infestat®, Nystamont®) is an polyene antimycotic drug Nystatin is considered one of the clean drugs as it has no proven side effects. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... William R. Hewlett (May 20, 1913 - January 12, 2001) was the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). ... Phototypesetting is a method of setting type with light (photo). ... Maurice Ralph Hilleman, (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005), was an American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed more than three dozen vaccines, more than any other scientist. ... A bottle and a syringe containing the influenza vaccine. ... James Hillier) James Hillier OC, Ph. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Richard March Hoe (September 12, 1812-June 7, 1886) was an American inventor who designed an improved printing press. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Dr. Marcian Edward Ted Hoff Jr. ... CPU can stand for: in computing: Central processing unit in journalism: Commonwealth Press Union in law enforcement: Crime prevention unit in software: Critical patch update, a type of software patch distributed by Oracle Corporation in Macleans College is often known as Ash Lim. ... Felix Hoffman (January 21, 1868 – February 8, 1946) was a German chemist. ... Aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid (IPA: ), (acetosal) is a drug in the family of salicylates, often used as an analgesic (to relieve minor aches and pains), antipyretic (to reduce fever), and as an anti-inflammatory. ... J. Paul Hogan was born on August 7, 1919 in Lowes, Kentucky. ... Polypropylene lid of a Tic Tacs box, with a living hinge and the resin identification code under its flap Micrograph of polypropylene Polypropylene or polypropene (PP) is a thermoplastic polymer, made by the chemical industry and used in a wide variety of applications, including food packaging, ropes, textiles, plastic parts... Polyethylene or polyethene is one of the simplest and most inexpensive polymers. ... John Philip Holland (February 29, 1840 - August 12, 1914) was the engineer who developed the first true submarine accepted by the U.S. Navy He was born in Liscanor, County Clare, Ireland and his brother Michael was active in the Fenian Brotherhood and introduced the inventor to the revolutionary group. ... Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ... Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was an American statistician who developed a mechanical tabulator based on punched cards to rapidly tabulate statistics from millions of pieces of data. ... Punched cards (or Hollerith cards, or IBM cards), are pieces of stiff paper that contain digital information represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions. ... Alexander Lyman Holley (born 20 July 1832 - died 29 January 1882) was a mechanical engineer and was considered the foremost steel and plant engineer and designer of his time, especially in regard to applying research to modern steel manufacturing processes. ... Steelmaking is the second step in producing steel from iron ore. ... Birdsill Holly (November 8, 1820 _ 27 April 1894) was an inventor. ... Fire hydrant in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA A fire hydrant (also known colloquially as a fire plug in the United States or as a johnny pump in New York City), is an active fire protection measure, and a source of water provided in most urban, suburban and rural areas with municipal... A polyurethane is any polymer consisting of a chain of organic units joined by urethane links. ... Benjamin_Holt. ... Leroy Hood is an American biologist. ... A DNA sequencer is a machine to automatize the DNA sequencing process. ... Eugene Houdry (1892-1962) was a French mechanical engineer who invented catalytic cracking of petroleum feed stocks. ... In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules (e. ... Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield (28 August 1919 - 12 August 2004) was an English electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan McLeod Cormack for his part in developing the diagnostic technique of computerized axial tomography (CAT). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Media:Example. ... A modern machine (Singer Symphonie 300) A sewing machine is a mechanical (or electromechanical) device that joins fabric using thread. ... Huletts at the PRR ore docks at Cleveland. ... Walter Hunt (1796 - 1859) was an American mechanic, who lived and worked in New York State. ... A safety pin. ... John Wesley Hyatt (November 28, 1837 – 10 May 1920) was a U.S. inventor. ... Celluloid is the name of a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents, generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic. ... The chemical compound silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is the oxide of silicon, chemical formula SiO2. ...

I

• Simon Ingersoll (1818-1894), rock drill

Founded the Ingersoll Rock Drill Company in 1871. ... A child using an electric drill with a screwdriver bit mounted in the chuck. ...

J

• Ali Javan, helium-neon laser
• Alec Jeffreys, genetic fingerprinting
• Frederick McKinley Jones, refrigeration
• Percy Lavon Julian, cortisone synthesis

Ali Javan (Persian: علی جوان , born 1928 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian inventor and physicist at MIT. He invented the gas laser in 1960. ... A helium-neon laser, usually called a HeNe laser, is a type of small gas laser. ... Professor Sir Alec John Jeffreys, FRS, (born in 9 January 1950 at Luton in Bedfordshire) is a British geneticist, who developed techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling. ... Genetic fingerprinting, DNA testing, DNA typing, and DNA profiling are techniques used to distinguish between individuals of the same species using only samples of their DNA. Its invention by Sir Alec Jeffreys at the University of Leicester was announced in 1985. ... Frederick McKinley Jones (May 17, 1892 - February 21, 1961) was an African-American inventor who patented several products in the field of refrigeration. ... Refrigeration is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space, or from a substance, and rejecting it elsewhere for the primary purpose of lowering the temperature of the enclosed space or substance and then maintaining that lower temperature. ... Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. ... Cortisone (IPA:ˈkôrtəˌsōn) is a steroid hormone. ...

K

• Robert E. Kahn, Internet Protocol
• Charles Kaman, innovations to helicopter
• Dean Kamen, ambulatory infusion pump
• Donald Keck, optical fiber
• John Kellogg (1852-1943), breakfast cereal
• Charles Kelman, cataract surgery
• Charles Franklin Kettering, automobile
• Mary Dixon Kies (1752-1837), process for weaving straw
• Jack S. Kilby, integrated circuit
• Albert Kingsbury, Thrust bearing
• Dale Kleist, fiberglass
• Margaret Knight, paper bag machine
• Willem Johan Kolff, artificial heart
• Paul Kollsman, altimeter
• William J. Kroll, titanium
• Raymond Kurzweil, optical character recognition
• Stephanie Kwolek, Kevlar

Robert E. Kahn, along with Vinton G. Cerf, invented the TCP/IP protocol, the technology used to transmit information on the modern Internet. ... The Internet Protocol (IP) is a data-oriented protocol used for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors consisting of two or more rotor blades. ... Dean Kamen on one of his inventions, the Segway PT. President Clinton and Kamen in the White House, Kamen riding his innovative invention, the iBOT Mobility System. ... An infusion pump or perfusor infuses fluids, medication or nutrients into a patients circulatory system. ... Optical fibers An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length by confining as much light as possible in a propagating form. ... John Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 – December 14, 1943) was an American medical doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan who ran a sanitarium using holistic methods, with a particular focus on nutrition, enemas and exercise. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Charles D. Kelman (May 23, 1930 - June 1, 2004) was an ophthalmologist and a pioneer in cataract surgery. ... Cataract surgery is the removal of the lens of the eye that has developed a cataract. ... 71. ... Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race Passenger cars in use in 2000 An automobile (or motorcar; often simply car; also auto, motor) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... Mary Dixon Kies was an early 19th-century American who was the first recipient of a patent granted to a woman by the Patent Office, on May 5, 1809, which was for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread. ... Tweed loom, Harris, 2004 Woven sheet Weaving is an ancient textile art and craft that involves placing two sets of threads or yarn made of fiber called the warp and weft of the loom and turning them into cloth. ... Jack St. ... Integrated circuit of Atmel Diopsis 740 System on Chip showing memory blocks, logic and input/output pads around the periphery Microchips with a transparent window, showing the integrated circuit inside. ... A thrust bearing is a particular type of bearing. ... Bundle of fiberglass Fiberglass or glassfibre is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. ... Margaret Ethridge Knight (February 14, 1838 – October 12, 1914) was an American inventor. ... Paper Bag Flexible bags are all around us, but the geometry of them is not simple. ... Dr. Willem Johan (Pim) Kolff (born 14 February 1911, Leiden, the Netherlands) is the inventor of the hemodialysis as well as pioneer in the field of other artificial organs. ... An artificial heart is a device that is implanted into the body to replace the original biological heart. ... Paul Kollsman (February 22, 1900 in Germany – March 17, 1982 in Beverly Hills, California) was an American inventor. ... Diagram showing the face of a three-pointer sensitive aircraft altimeter displaying altitude in feet. ... William Justin Kroll (born Guillaume Justin Kroll; November 24, 1889 - March 30, 1973) was a metallurgist from Luxembourg. ... General Name, Symbol, Number titanium, Ti, 22 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 4, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Standard atomic weight 47. ... Raymond Kurzweil (pronounced: ) (born February 12, 1948) is a pioneer in the fields of optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. ... Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is a type of computer software designed to translate images of handwritten or typewritten text (usually captured by a scanner) into machine-editable text, or to translate pictures of characters into a standard encoding scheme representing them (e. ... Stephanie Kwolek (born July 31, 1923) is a Polish-American chemist who discovered poly-paraphenylene terephtalamide, better known as Kevlar. ... Chemical structure of Kevlar. ...

L

• Irwin Lachman, catalytic converter
• Edwin Land, Polaroid
• Alois Langer, defibrillator
• Robert Langer, drug delivery
• Irving Langmuir, electric lighting
• Lorenzo Langstroth, bee hive
• Lewis Latimer (1848-1928), filament for electric light bulb
• Paul Lauterbur, magnetic resonance imaging
• Ernest Orlando Lawrence, cyclotron
• William Lear, 8-track system
• Robert Ledley, whole-body CAT scan
• Ronald M. Lewis, catalytic converter
• Edwin A. Link, Link trainer
• Oliver Joseph Lodge, wireless telegraphy
• Auguste Lumière, cinématographe
• Louis Lumière, cinématographe
• John Lynott, hard drive

Catalytic converter on a Saab 9-5. ... Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor. ... Polaroid is the name of a type of synthetic plastic sheet which is used to polarise light. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Drug delivery is a term that refers to the delivery of a pharmaceutical compound to humans or animals. ... Irving Langmuir at home (c. ... Most of the industrialized world is lit by electric lights, which are used both at night and to provide additional light during the daytime. ... Lorenzo Langstroth (1810-1895) Rev. ... The term Beehive can refer to several different things: Beehive (beekeeping) is a human-provided structure in which bees are induced to live and raise their young. ... Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 - December 11, 1928) was an African American inventor. ... Most of the industrialized world is lit by electric lights, which are used both at night and to provide additional light during the daytime. ... Paul Christian Lauterbur, (born May 6, 1929) is an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible. ... Magnetic Resonance Image showing a median sagittal cross section through a human head. ... Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 - August 27, 1958) was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his invention of the cyclotron. ... A pair of Dee electrodes with loops of coolant pipes on their surface at the Lawrence Hall of Science. ... William (Bill) Powell Lear (June 26, 1902 - May 14, 1978) was an American electrical engineer and businessman. ... The 8-track cartridge is a now-obsolete audio storage magnetic tape cartridge technology, popular during the 1960s and 1970s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... CAT apparatus in a hospital Computed axial tomography (CAT), computer-assisted tomography, computed tomography, CT, or body section roentgenography is the process of using digital processing to generate a three-dimensional image of the internals of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around... Catalytic converter on a Saab 9-5. ... Edwin Albert Link (1904-1981) was an aviation pioneer. ... Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (June 12, 1851 - August 22, 1940), born at Penkhull in Stoke-on-Trent and educated at Adams Grammar School, was a physicist and writer involved in the development of the wireless telegraph. ... Wireless telegraphy is the practice of remote writing (see telegraphy) without the wires normally involved in an electrical telegraph. ... The Lumière Brothers, Louis Jean (October 5, 1864–June 6, 1948) and Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas (October 19, 1862–April 10, 1954), were the creators of the cinematographic projector. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Lumière Brothers, Louis Jean (October 5, 1864–June 6, 1948) and Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas (October 19, 1862–April 10, 1954), were the creators of the cinematographic projector. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Typical hard drives of the mid-1990s. ...

M

• Theodore Harold Maiman, laser
• Leopold Mannes, Kodachrome
• Peter Mansfield, magnetic resonance imaging
• Guglielmo Marconi, radio
• Homer Martin, catalytic cracking
• John L. Mason (1832-1916), mason jar
• Jan Matzeliger (1852-1889), shoe lasting
• John Mauchly, ENIAC
• Robert Maurer, optical fiber
• Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), machine gun
• Wilhelm Maybach, Carburetor, radiator
• Stanley Mazor, CPU
• Cyrus McCormick, mechanical reaper
• Elijah J. McCoy engine lubricator
• Ottmar Mergenthaler, Linotype
• Robert Metcalfe, ethernet
• Thomas Midgley, ethyl gasoline
• Alexander Miles, elevator doors
• Lewis Miller (1829-1899), combine harvester
• Irving Millman, vaccine for hepatitis B
• Michel Mirowski, heart defibrillator
• Dennis Moeller, computer peripherals
• Bryan Molloy, Prozac
• Luc Montagnier, HIV isolation and antibody test
• Garrett Morgan, gas mask
• Samuel F.B. Morse, telegraph
• Morton Mower, implantable heart defibrillator
• Andrew J. Moyer, penicillin
• Louis Marius Moyroud, photograph composition
• Kary Banks Mullis, polymerase chain reaction
• Eger Murphee, catalytic cracking

Theodore Maiman. ... Experiment with a laser (US Military) In physics, a laser is a device that emits light through a specific mechanism for which the term laser is an acronym: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. ... Leopold Damrosch Mannes (26 December 1899 - 11 August 1964) was an American musician, who together with Leopold Godowsky, Jr. ... Kodachrome is the trademarked name of a brand of color reversal film sold by Eastman Kodak in various slide and movie formats since its introduction in 1935. ... Sir Peter Mansfield, FRS, (born 9 October 1933), is a British physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ... Magnetic Resonance Image showing a median sagittal cross section through a human head. ... Guglielmo Marconi, Marchese, GCVO (25 April 1874-20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system, which served as the foundation for the establishment of numerous affiliated companies worldwide. ... In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules (e. ... John Landis Mason (1826 - February 1902) was a native of Philadelphia, a tinsmith and the patentee of the metal screw-on lid for fruit jars that have come to be known as Mason jars. ... Glass canning jars, also known as fruit jars or mason jars (named after its inventor not masonry) have been around since the early 1850s and today are eagerly sought after by collectors. ... Jan Ernst Matzeliger (September 15, 1852 – August 24, 1889) was an American inventor in the shoe industry. ... A shoe is an item of footwear worn on the foot or feet of a human, dog, cat, horse, or doll. ... Eckert and Mauchly examine a printout of ENIAC results in a newsreel from February 1946. ... ENIAC ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer,[1] was the first large-scale, electronic, digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems,[2] although earlier computers had been built with some of these properties. ... Optical fibers An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length by confining as much light as possible in a propagating form. ... Hiram S. Maxim Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (February 4, 1840 - November 24, 1916) was the inventor of the Maxim Gun in 1884, the first portable, fully automatic machine gun. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... Wilhelm Maybach Wilhelm Maybach (February 9, 1846 – December 29, 1929), was an early German engine designer and industrialist. ... Bendix-Technico (Stromberg) 1-barrel downdraft carburetor model BXUV-3, with nomenclature The carburetor, carburettor, or carburetter (see spelling differences), also called carb (in North America) or carbie (chiefly in Australia) for short, is a device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine. ... Radiators and convectors are types of heat exchangers designed to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating. ... CPU can stand for: in computing: Central processing unit in journalism: Commonwealth Press Union in law enforcement: Crime prevention unit in software: Critical patch update, a type of software patch distributed by Oracle Corporation in Macleans College is often known as Ash Lim. ... Cyrus McCormick Cyrus McCormick (February 15, 1809 - May 13, 1884) of Virginia was an Irish American farmer, inventor, businessman, marketer and newspaper editor. ... REAPER (Rapid Environment for Audio Prototyping and Efficient Recording) is a Digital Audio Workstation created by Cockos. ... Elijah J. McCoy (2 May 1844 – 10 October 1929) was an inventor. ... An engine is something that produces an effect from a given input. ... Ottmar Mergenthaler (May 10, 1854 – October 28, 1899) was a German inventor. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Linotype machine. ... Robert Melancton Metcalfe (born 1946 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American technology pioneer who co-invented Ethernet with David Boggs, founded 3Com and formulated Metcalfes Law. ... Ethernet is a large, diverse family of frame-based computer networking technologies that operates at many speeds for local area networks (LANs). ... Thomas Midgley, Jr. ... Gasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting mostly of hydrocarbons and enhanced with benzene or iso-octane to increase octane ratings, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Elevator surfing. ... Lewis Miller was an Ohio businessman who made a fortune in the late 19th century as inventor of the first combine (harvester-reaper machine) with the blade mounted efficiently in front of the horse rather than pulled behind it. ... A postage stamp of a combine honors Russian agriculture. ... Hepatitis B is an inflammation of the liver and is caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a member of the Hepadnavirus family[1] and one of hundreds of unrelated viral species which cause viral hepatitis. ... Dr. Mieczyslaw (Michel) Mirowski (1924 - 1990) was born in Warsaw, Poland. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For an account of the words periphery and peripheral as they are used in biology, sociology, politics, computer hardware, and other fields, see the periphery disambiguation page. ... Background Fluoxetine hydrochloride (brand names include Prozac®, Symbyax® (compounded with olanzapine), Sarafem®, Fontex® (Sweden), Fluctine (Austria, Germany), Prodep (India), Fludac (India)) is an antidepressant drug used medically in the treatment of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and many other disorders. ... Luc Montagnier (born 1932 in Chabris, France) is a French virologist. ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ... Garrett A. Morgan Garrett Augustus Morgan (March 4, 1877, Paris, Kentucky - August 27, 1963, Cleveland, Ohio) was an African American inventor who originated a respiratory protective hood, invented a hair-straightening preparation and patented a type of traffic signal. ... Belgian 1930s era L.702 model civilian mask. ... Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse by Mathew Brady, between 1855 and 1865 Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor, and painter of portraits and historic scenes; he is most famous for inventing the electric telegraph and Morse code. ... Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Penicillin nucleus Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN) refers to a group of β-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Kary Banks Mullis (born December 28, 1944) is a biochemist. ... PCR tubes in a stand after a colony PCR The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a biochemistry and molecular biology technique[1] for exponentially amplifying DNA, via enzymatic replication, without using a living organism (such as E. coli or yeast). ... In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules (e. ...

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• Julius Arthur Nieuwland, synthetic rubber
• Alfred Nobel, dynamite
• Arthur Nobile, prednisone
• John Northrop, flying wing plane
• Robert N. Noyce, integrated circuit

Fr. ... Synthetic rubber is any type of artificially made polymer material which acts as an elastomer. ...   (October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden—December 10, 1896, Sanremo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. ... Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth (kieselguhr) as an adsorbent. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Northrop YB-49 flying wing. ... Robert Noyce (December 12, 1927 - June 3, 1990), nicknamed the Mayor of Silicon Valley, co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968. ... Integrated circuit of Atmel Diopsis 740 System on Chip showing memory blocks, logic and input/output pads around the periphery Microchips with a transparent window, showing the integrated circuit inside. ...

O

• Bernard Oliver, pulse code modulation
• Kenneth H. Olsen, magnetic core memory
• Miguel Ondetti, captopril
• Elisha Graves Otis, elevator brake
• Nicolaus August Otto, Otto cycle for internal combustion engine
• Michael Joseph Owens, bottle making machine

Bernard M. Oliver (1919-1995), (aka Barney Oliver) was an eminent scientist having made important contributions in many fields including Radar, Television, and Computers. ... Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a modulation technique. ... Ken H. Olsen (born on February 20, 1926) was an American engineer who founded Digital Equipment Corporation in 1957. ... A 16×16 cm area core memory plane of 128×128 bits, i. ... Miguel Ondetti (born May 14, 1930) is an American chemist famous for his role in the invention of captopril, the first of the ACE inhibitors for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. ... Captopril is an Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor) used for the treatment of hypertension and some types of chronic heart failure. ... Elisha Graves Otis (August 3, 1811–April 8, 1861) invented a safety device in 1852 to prevent hoisting machinery from falling. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Elevator surfing. ... Nikolaus August Otto (June 14, 1832 Holzhausen, Nassau - January 26, 1891 Cologne) was the German inventor of the internal-combustion engine, the first engine to burn fuel directly in a piston chamber. ... The four-stroke cycle of an internal combustion engine is the cycle most commonly used for automotive and industrial purposes today ( cars and trucks, generators, etc). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Category: ... Composite body, painted, and glazed bottle. ...

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• Charles Grafton Page (1812-1868), high-voltage induction coil
• William Painter (1838-1906), bottle cap
• Julio Palmaz, intravascular stent
• Louis W. Parker, television
• Bradford Parkinson, global positioning system
• John T. Parsons Numerical Control
• Louis Pasteur, pasteurization
• Les Paul, solid-body electric guitar
• Lester Pelton (1829-1908), waterwheel
• Thomas R. Pickering, velocipede
• John Pierce, communications satellite
• Gregory Pincus, oral contraceptives
• Charles J. Plank, catalytic cracking
• Roy J. Plunkett, Teflon
• George Pullman (1831-1897), Pullman car

An induction coil or spark coil (archaically known as a Ruhmkorff coil) is a type of disruptive discharge coil. ... William Painter (1838 - 1906) was the inventor of the bottle cap and the founder of Crown Holdings, Inc. ... A crown cap from a Heineken beer bottle Pull-off bottle cap The plastic cap and top of a sports water bottle. ... Endoscopic image of self-expanding metallic stent in esophagus, which was used to palliatively treat esophageal cancer. ... Dr Bradford Parkinson is a professor at Stanford University and is credited as the co-inventor of the Global Positioning System. ... The Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). ... John T. Parsons (Detroit, October 13 1913–) pioneered numerical control for machine tools in the 1940s. ... Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French chemist best known for his remarkable breakthroughs in microbiology. ... Pasteurization (or pasteurisation) is the process of heating food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts. ... Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9, 1915) is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... Figure from Peltons original patent (October 1880) Lester Allan Pelton (September 5, 1829 – March 14, 1908), was an American inventor who created the impulse water turbine. ... An overshot water wheel standing 42 feet high powers the Old Mill at Berry College in Rome, Georgia A water wheel (also waterwheel, Norse mill, Persian wheel or noria) is a hydropower system; a system for extracting power from a flow of water. ... The velocipede was the predecessor of the bicycle, a human-powered vehicle introduced in the Victorian age. ... John Robinson Pierce (March 27, 1910 - April 2, 2002), was an American engineer and author. ... U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. ... Gregory Goodwin Pincus (April 9, 1903 - August 22, 1967), American physician, biologist, and researcher, was co-inventor of the contraceptive pill. ... The combined oral contraceptive pill, often referred to as the Pill, is a combination of an estrogen (oestrogen) and a progestin (progestogen), taken by mouth to inhibit normal fertility. ... In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules (e. ... Roy J. Plunkett (June 26, 1910 - May 12, 1994) was the chemist who accidentally invented Teflon in 1938. ... Teflon is polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a polymer of fluorinated ethylene. ... George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American inventor and industrialist. ... The sleeping car is a railroad car on a train with sleeping facilities. ...

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• Jacob Rabinow, optical character recognition
• Louis Renault, drum brake
• Jesse W. Reno, Escalator
• Norbert Rillieux, refined sugar
• Robert H. Rines, high resolution radar and sonar
• John Roebling, suspension bridge
• John Raphael Rogers, automated typesetting
• Heinrich Rohrer, scanning tunneling microscope
• Harold Rosen, spin stabilized synchronous communications satellite
• Edward J. Rosinski, catalytic cracking
• Benjamin A. Rubin, vaccine needle

Jacob Rabinow (1910 - 1999) was an engineer who led a truly prolific career as an inventor. ... Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is a type of computer software designed to translate images of handwritten or typewritten text (usually captured by a scanner) into machine-editable text, or to translate pictures of characters into a standard encoding scheme representing them (e. ... Louis Renault (February 15, 1877, Paris, France – October 24, 1944) was a French industrialist and one of the foremost pioneers of the automobile industry. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Vehicle brake. ... Jesse W. Reno (1861–1947) invented the first working escalator in 1891 (patented March 15, 1892) used at the Old Iron Pier, Coney Island, New York City. ... Escalators at Canary Wharf, London. ... Robert Norbert Rillieux (March 18, 1806-October 8, 1894), inventor and engineer, is most noted for inventing the multiple-effect evaporator, an energy-efficient means of evaporating water. ... Magnified view of refined sugar crystals. ... Robert H. Rines (Born August 30, 1922) is a American lawyer, inventor, researcher and composer. ... This long range radar antenna, known as ALTAIR, is used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein atoll. ... The F70 type frigates (here, La Motte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C towed sonars SONAR (SOund Navigation And Ranging) â€” or sonar â€” is a technique that uses sound propagation under water (primarily) to navigate, communicate or to detect other vessels. ... Categories: Stub | 1806 births | 1869 deaths | Engineers ... A suspension bridge is a type of bridge that has been created since ancient times as early as 100 AD. Simple suspension bridges, for use by pedestrians and livestock, are still constructed, based upon the ancient Inca rope bridge. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Heinrich Rohrer (born June 6, 1933) is a Swiss physicist who, with Gerd Binnig, received half of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Physics for their joint invention of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). ... Image of substitutional Cr impurities (small bumps) in the Fe(001) surface. ... Harold A. Rosen (born 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an electrical engineer, known for designing and directing the construction of the first geosynchronous communications satellite, Syncom, for Hughes Aircraft Company. ... U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. ... In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules (e. ... Benjamin Rubin (born 1917 in New York, New York) is the inventor of the bifurcated vaccination needle. ... A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to establish immunity to a disease. ...

S

• Lewis Hastings Sarett, cortisone
• Joseph Saxton (1799-1873), measuring instruments
• Arthur L. Schawlow, laser
• Klaus Schmiegel, Prozac
• Peter C. Schultz, optical fiber
• Glenn T. Seaborg, plutonium isolation
• Charles Seeberger, escalator
• Robert J. Seiwald, isothiocyanates
• William Sellers, improvement in machine tools
• Waldo L. Semon, polyvinyl chloride
• Gerhard Sessler, microphone
• Claude Shannon, pulse code modulation
• John C. Sheehan structure and synthesis of penicillin
• Patsy Sherman, Scotchgard
• William Bradford Shockley, transistor
• Christopher L. Sholes, typewriter
• Frederick Ellsworth Sickels, valve for steam engine
• Igor I. Sikorsky, helicopter
• Samuel Slater, cotton mills
• Russell Games Slayter, fiberglass
• George E. Smith, charge-coupled device
• Samuel Smith, Scotchgard
• James Spangler (1848-1915), portable electric vacuum cleaner
• Percy Spencer, magnetron
• Elmer Ambrose Sperry, gyroscopic compass
• Frank Sprague (1857-1934), electric street car
• Rangaswamy Srinivasan, LASIK eye surgery
• William Stanley, Jr., alternating current
• Charles Proteus Steinmetz, alternating current
• Leo Sternbach, benzodiazepines
• John Stevens (1749-1838), steam-powered transportation
• George R. Stibitz, digital computer
• Almon Strowger (1839-1902), telephone dial
• Gideon Sundback (1880-1954), zipper
• Ambrose Swasey (1846-1937), improvements to telescope
• Leo Szilard, neutronic atomic reactor

Lewis Hastings Sarett, (December 22, 1917 - November 28, 1999), was an American organic chemist. ... Cortisone (IPA:ˈkôrtəˌsōn) is a steroid hormone. ... Joseph Saxton (1799-1873) was an American inventor, born at Huntingdon, Pa. ... Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921–April 28, 1999) was an American physicist. ... Experiment with a laser (US Military) In physics, a laser is a device that emits light through a specific mechanism for which the term laser is an acronym: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. ... Background Fluoxetine hydrochloride (brand names include Prozac®, Symbyax® (compounded with olanzapine), Sarafem®, Fontex® (Sweden), Fluctine (Austria, Germany), Prodep (India), Fludac (India)) is an antidepressant drug used medically in the treatment of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and many other disorders. ... Peter C. Schultz, Ph. ... Optical fibers An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length by confining as much light as possible in a propagating form. ... Glenn T. Seaborg Glenn Theodore Seaborg (April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) was an American chemist prominent in the discovery and isolation of ten transuranic elements including plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium and seaborgium, which was named in his honor. ... General Name, Symbol, Number plutonium, Pu, 94 Chemical series actinides Group, Period, Block n/a, 7, f Appearance silvery white Standard atomic weight (244) g·mol−1 Electron configuration [Rn] 5f6 7s2 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 24, 8, 2 Physical properties Phase solid Density (near r. ... In 1899, Charles D. Seeberger joined the Otis Elevator Company. ... Escalators at Canary Wharf, London. ... General structure of an isothiocyanate Isothiocyanate is the chemical group -N=C=S, formed by substituting sulfur for oxygen in the isocyanate group. ... A machine tool is a powered mechanical device, typically used to fabricate metal components of machines by the selective removal of metal. ... Waldo Lonsbury Semon (September 10, 1898 – May 26, 1999) was a renowned American inventor born in Demopolis, Alabama. ... Polyvinyl chloride Polyvinyl chloride, (IUPAC Polychloroethene) commonly abbreviated PVC, is a widely used thermoplastic polymer. ... Gerhard Sessler (February 15, 1931-) co-invented the foil electret microphone with James West at Bell Laboratories in work culminating in 1962. ... A microphone, sometimes referred to as a mike or mic (both IPA pronunciation: ), is an acoustic to electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. ... Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 _ February 24, 2001) has been called the father of information theory, and was the founder of practical digital circuit design theory. ... Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a modulation technique. ... Penicillin nucleus Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN) refers to a group of β-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms. ... Patsy Sherman (1930- ) is an American chemist and co-inventor with Samuel Smith of Scotchgard while an employee of the 3M corporation in 1952. ... Scotchgard is a 3M brand of products used to protect fabric, furniture, and carpets. ... William Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was a physicist and co-inventor of the transistor with John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. ... Assorted discrete transistors A transistor is a semiconductor device, commonly used as an amplifier. ... Wisconsin Historical Marker Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 - February 17, 1890) is an American who contributed to the development of the typewriter. ... Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ... // The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ... Igor Sikorsky Russian Aviators Sikorsky, Genner and Kaulbars abroad airplane Russian Vityaz; 1915 Sikorsky Aero Engineering Company Stock Certificate courtesy of Scripophily. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors consisting of two or more rotor blades. ... Samuel Slater (1768 – 1835) popularly called The Father of the American Industrial Revolution Samuel Slater (June 9, 1768 – April 21, 1835) was an early American industrialist popularly known as the Founder of the American Industrial Revolution. // The son of William Slater, a wealthy farmer, Samuel Slater was born near Belper... The cotton mill is a type of factory that was created to house spinning and weaving machinery. ... Russell Games Slayter (December 9, 1896 - October 15, 1964) was a prolific inventor best known for developing Fiberglass. ... Bundle of fiberglass Fiberglass or glassfibre is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. ... George E. Smith is an American scientist and co-inventor of the Charge-coupled device. ... A specially developed CCD used for ultraviolet imaging in a wire bonded package. ... Samuel Smith (1921 - ) is an American chemist who co-invented Scotchgard with Patsy Sherman while an employee at the 3M company in 1952. ... Scotchgard is a 3M brand of products used to protect fabric, furniture, and carpets. ... Regular vacuum cleaner for home use. ... Percy Lebaron Spencer (July 9, 1894 - September 8, 1970), an American, was the inventor of the microwave oven. ... A cavity magnetron is a high-powered vacuum tube that generates coherent microwaves. ... Elmer Ambrose Sperry (born October 12, 1860 in Cincinnatus, New York; died June 16, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York) was an inventor and entrepreneur. ... Cutaway of Anschütz gyrocompass The following description refers to the gyrocompasses used on ships. ... Frank Julian Sprague (1857-1934) American inventor, Father of Electric Traction Frank Julian Sprague (1857–1934) was an American naval officer and inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators. ... Street cars in New Orleans A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland For modern innovations aimed at increasing the capacity and speed of tramway systems, see light rail. ... Rangaswamy Srinivasan (Born February 28, 1929) is inventor at IBM Research. ... LASIK, an acronym for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, is a form of refractive laser eye surgery performed by ophthalmologists intended for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. ... The practical coil circuits were the prototypes for the modern transformers William Stanley, Jr. ... City lights viewed in a motion blurred exposure. ... wtf Charles Proteus Steinmetz (April 9, 1865–October 26, 1923) was an American Mathematician and Electrical Engineer. ... City lights viewed in a motion blurred exposure. ... Dr Leo Henryk Sternbach (May 7, 1908 – September 28, 2005) was a Polish-Jewish chemist who is credited with inventing the benzodiazepine, a class of tranquilizers. ... Benzodiazepine tablets The benzodiazepines are a class of drugs with hypnotic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, amnestic and muscle relaxant properties. ... Col. ... A steam engine is a heat engine that makes use of the potential energy that exists as pressure in steam, converting it to mechanical work. ... George Stibitz George Robert Stibitz (April 20, 1904 – January 31, 1995) is internationally recognized as a father of the modern digital computer. ... ... Almon Brown Strowger (1839 – May 26, 1902) gave his name to the electromechanical telephone exchange technology that his invention and patent inspired. ... The rotary dial is a device mounted on or in a telephone or switchboard that is designed to send interrupted electrical pulses, known as pulse dialing, corresponding to the number dialled. ... Gideon Sundbäck (1880 - 1954) was a Canadian (Swedish-born) inventor. ... Zipper slider brings together the two sides A zipper (British English: zip fastener or zip) is a popular device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric. ... Ambrose Swasey (December 19, 1846–June 15, 1937) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor. ... A telescope (from the Greek tele = far and skopein = to look or see; teleskopos = far-seeing) is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects. ... Leó Szilárd (right) working with Albert Einstein. ... Switzerland. ...

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• Donalee L. Tabern, pentothal
• Charles Tainter (1854-1940), innovations in sound recording
• Eli Terry, innovations in clockmaking
• Nikola Tesla, alternating current
• John T. Thomas, fiberglass
• Elihu Thomson, arc lamp
• Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stained glass
• Henry Timken, tapered roller ball bearings
• Max Tishler, synthetic vitamins
• Charles Hard Townes, laser
• Charles Tyson, catalytic cracking

Sodium thiopental (also called sodium pentothal (™ of Abbott Laboratories), thiopental (or thiopentone) sodium) is a rapid-onset, short-acting barbiturate general anesthetic. ... Charles Sumner Tainter, ca. ... Methods and media for sound recording are varied and have undergone significant changes between the first time sound was actually recorded for later playback until now. ... Eli Terry senior Eli Terry Sr (April 13, 1772 – February 24, 1852) was an influential clockmaker in Connecticut, and the first inventor to receive a United States patent for a clock mechanism. ... A clockmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs clocks. ... Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)[1] was a world-renowned Serbian inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. ... City lights viewed in a motion blurred exposure. ... Bundle of fiberglass Fiberglass or glassfibre is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. ... Elihu Thomson (March 29, 1853 - March 13, 1937) was an engineer who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, Britain and France. ... 15 kW Xenon short-arc lamp. ... Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) circa 1908 Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass and is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and... Strictly speaking, stained glass is glass that has been painted with silver stain and then fired. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickel-chrome plated steel balls A ball bearing is a common type of rolling_element bearing, a kind of bearing. ... Max Tishler (1906-1989) Max Tishler (October 30, 1906 – March 18, 1989) was a scientist at Merck & Co. ... Retinol (Vitamin A) Vitamins are nutrients required in very small amounts for essential metabolic reactions in the body [1]. The term vitamin does not encompass other essential nutrients such as dietary minerals, essential fatty acids, or essential amino acids. ... Charles Hard Townes (born July 28, American physicist and educator. ... Experiment with a laser (US Military) In physics, a laser is a device that emits light through a specific mechanism for which the term laser is an acronym: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. ... In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules (e. ...

U

• William E. Upjohn, tablet for delivering medicine

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

V

• Theophilus Van Kannel, Revolving door
• Ernest H. Volwiler , pentothal
• Theodore von Kármán, turbojet
• Hans von Ohain, jet engine

Theophilus Van Kannel was famous for inventing the revolving door, patented on August 7, 1888, he was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... A revolving door is a type of door that, as its name suggests, revolves in its frame. ... Ernest H. Volwiler (August 22, 1893-1992) spent his entire career at Abbott Laboratories working his way from staff chemist to CEO. A Hamilton, Ohio native, Volwiler received a bachelors degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and a Masters degree and Ph. ... Sodium thiopental (also called sodium pentothal (™ of Abbott Laboratories), thiopental (or thiopentone) sodium) is a rapid-onset, short-acting barbiturate general anesthetic. ... Theodore von Kármán (SzÅ‘llÅ‘skislaki Kármán Tódor) (May 11, 1881 – May 6, 1963) was an engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics during the seminal era in the 1940s and 1950s. ... Turbojets are the simplest and oldest kind of general purpose jet engines. ... Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (December 14, 1911 – March 13, 1998) was one of the inventors of jet propulsion. ... A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. ...

W

• Selman Waksman, streptomycin
• An Wang, magnetic core memory
• Lewis Waterman (1837-1901), fountain pen
• James West, microphone
• George Westinghouse, alternating current
• Edward Weston (1850-1936), portable voltmeter
• Squire Whipple, iron truss bridge
• Richard Whitcomb, supercritical wing
• Eli Whitney, cotton gin
• Frank Whittle, jet engine
• Otto Wichterle, soft contact lens
• Stephen Wilcox, steam generator
• Robert R. Williams, Jr., vitamin synthesis
• Sam Williams (inventor), contributions to jet engine
• Alexander Winton (1860-1932), contributions to automobile, bicycle, and diesel engine
• Granville Woods, railroad telegraph
• Steve Wozniak, personal computer
• Orville Wright, airplane
• Wilbur Wright, airplane
• James Wynne (inventor), LASIK eye surgery

Selman Abraham Waksman (22 July 1888 – 16 August 1973) was an Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances—largely into organisms that live in soil—and their decomposition lead to the discovery of Streptomycin, and several other antibiotics. ... Streptomycin is an antibiotic drug, the first of a class of drugs called aminoglycosides to be discovered, and was the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis. ... Dr. An Wang (Chinese: ; pinyin: Wáng Ä€n; February 7, 1920 – March 24, 1990) was a Chinese American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of computer company Wang Laboratories. ... A 16×16 cm area core memory plane of 128×128 bits, i. ... Lewis Waterman (born 1837 in Decatur, New York) invented the capillary feed in fountain pens, that allows for even ink flow. ... A fountain pen is a writing instrument, more specifically a pen, that contains a reservoir of water-based ink that is fed to a nib through a feed via a combination of gravity and capillary action. ... James Edward Maceo West (Februrary 10, 1931 - ) is an American inventor and Acoustian. ... A microphone, sometimes referred to as a mike or mic (both IPA pronunciation: ), is an acoustic to electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. ... George Westinghouse, Jr. ... City lights viewed in a motion blurred exposure. ... Edward Weston (May 9, 1850 – August 20, 1936) was an English chemist noted for his achievements in electroplating and his development of the battery, named the Weston cell, for voltage standard. ... Two digital voltmeters. ... Squire Whipple C.E. (September 16, 1804–March 15, 1888) was a civil engineer born in Hardwick, Massachusetts. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Standard atomic weight 55. ... A truss bridge is a bridge composed of connected elements (typically straight) which may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. ... Richard Whitcomb is an aeronautical engineer. ... A supercritical wing is a kind of wing designed particularly to fly at supersonic speeds. ... Eli Whitney Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765–January 8, 1825) was an American inventor. ... Cotton gin A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates the cotton fibers from the seedpods and the sometimes sticky seeds. ... Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE FRS (1 June 1907–9 August 1996) was a Royal Air Force officer who invented the jet engine. ... A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. ... Otto Wichterle (27 October 1913 in ProstÄ›jov, Czech Republic – 18 August 1998) was a Czech chemist and inventor, best known for his invention of modern contact lenses. ... A pair of contact lenses, positioned with the concave side facing upward. ... Stephen Wilcox, Jr. ... A steam generator is a device used to boil water to create steam. ... Robert R. Williams (February 16, 1886–October 2, 1965) was an American telephone company researcher who carried out vitamin research in his spare time and established the structure of thiamine (vitamin B1). ... Retinol (Vitamin A) For the record label, see Vitamin Records A vitamin is an organic compound required in tiny amounts for essential metabolic reactions in a living organism. ... A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. ... 1899 Winton Stanhope 1908 Winton touring car Horatio Nelson Jackson in his 2-seat Winton touring car, The Vermont, drives across America 1915 Winton Six Limousine The Winton Motor Carriage Company of Cleveland, Ohio was a pioneer United States automobile manufacturer. ... Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race Passenger cars in use in 2000 An automobile (or motorcar; often simply car; also auto, motor) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... “Velo” redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... // Granville T. Woods (April 23, 1856 - January 30, 1910), born in Columbus, Ohio, was an African-American inventor. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ... Dr. Stephan Gary Woz Wozniak (b. ... Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948), the younger of the Wright brothers, seen as one of the fathers of heavier-than-air flight. ... Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as aeroplanes in Commonwealth English (excluding Canada) or airplanes in North American English. ... Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912), the elder of the Wright brothers, seen as one of the fathers of heavier-than-air flight. ... Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as aeroplanes in Commonwealth English (excluding Canada) or airplanes in North American English. ... LASIK, an acronym for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, is a form of refractive laser eye surgery performed by ophthalmologists intended for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. ...

Y

• Linus Yale, Jr. (1821-1868), cylinder lock

Linus Yale, Jr. ... A cylinder lock is a lock in which a cylinder must rotate in order to open the lock. ...

Z

• Frank J. Zamboni, ice resurfacer
• Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), rigid airship
• Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, cathode-ray tube

Frank Joseph Zamboni, Jr. ... An ice resurfacer is a truck-like vehicle used to clean and smooth the surface of an ice rink, originally developed by Frank J. Zamboni in 1949. ... Zeppelin Ferdinand von Zeppelin Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin (July 8, 1838 – March 8, 1917) was the founder of the Zeppelin airship company. ... Construction of the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 1923, showing the framework of a rigid airship. ... Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (July 30, 1889 - July 29, 1982) was a pioneer of television technology. ... The cathode ray tube or CRT, invented by Karl Ferdinand Braun, is the display device used in most computer displays, video monitors, televisions and oscilloscopes. ...

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