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Gersh Budker (1918–1977), Russia – electron cooling, co-inventor of collider. Edward Bull (1759–1798), England – Bull engine (a modified steam engine) Robert Bunsen (1811–1899), Germany – Bunsen burner. Henry Burden (1791–1871), Scotland and U.S. – Horseshoe machine, first usable iron railroad spike.
However, other inventors before Bell had worked on the development of the telephone and the invention had several pioneers. [429] 1877: Thomas Edison invents the first working phonograph. [430] 1878: Henry Fleuss is granted a patent for the first practical rebreather. [431] 1878: Lester Allan Pelton invents the Pelton wheel.
1855–1905. Inventor. Folding "cabinet-bed", forerunner of the Murphy bed; first African-American woman to receive a patent in the United States. [81][82][83] Grant, George F. 1846–1910. Dentist, professor. The first African-American professor at Harvard, Boston dentist, and inventor of a wooden golf tee.
Edward Craven Walker (1918-2000) invented the lava lamp. Barnes Wallis (1887–1979), bouncing bomb. Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795) invented jasperware. Edward Weston (1850–1936), Weston cell. Frank Whittle (1907–1996), co-inventor of the jet engine. William Winlaw (d.1796), patented agricultural machinery.
Headband: The beginning of headbands was no later than around 475 BC to 330 BC, with the ancient Greeks, who wore hair wreaths. Helepolis: Greek siege tower. Heron's fountain: Heron's fountain is a hydraulic machine invented by the 1st century AD inventor, mathematician, and physicist Heron of Alexandria.
Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945), the American physicist and inventor who built and launched the world's first liquid-propellant rocket on March 16, 1926. [1] Goddard held 214 patents for his inventions and pioneering innovations in liquid-propelled, guided, and multi-stage rockets.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an American not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of significant technology. As of 2020, 603 inventors have been inducted, mostly constituting historic persons from the past three centuries, but including about 100 living ...
Edison reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb. Recorded 1929. Signature. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. [1][2][3] He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. [4]