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Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, [2] FRPS, Hon.MRI (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor, [4] best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. He invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography, and the retinex theory of color vision, among other things.
The American physicist and industrialist Edwin Herbert Land (1909–1991) launches the first instant camera, Polaroid camera Model 95 on the market. Three American engineers at Bell Laboratories (John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley) invent the transistor. Its lesser size and power compared with electron tubes brings (from 1955 ...
Edwin H. Land: 1909 Polaroid [22] 1977 George Eastman: 1854 Photography [23] 1977 Lee De Forest * 1873 Audion amplifier tube [24] 1977 Vladimir K. Zworykin * 1888 Cathode-ray tube [25] 1978 Carl Djerassi: 1923 Oral contraceptives [26] 1978 Leo Baekeland: 1863 Bakelite [27] 1978 Louis Pasteur: 1822 Pasteurization [28] 1978 Luis Walter Alvarez: 1911
The invention of commercially viable instant cameras which were easy to use is generally credited to Edwin Land, the inventor of the model 95 Land Camera, widely considered the first commercial instant camera, in 1948, [1] a year after he unveiled instant film in New York City.
The Edwin H. Land Medal is jointly presented by The Optical Society and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T). [1] The Land Medal was established in 1992 to honor the noted scientist and entrepreneur Edwin H. Land, [2] who is noted for his invention of instant photography, for founding the Polaroid Corporation, and for developing the theory of Retinex, amongst many other ...
Land and Wheelwright contracted to begin production of Polaroid Day Glasses, a longtime source of revenue for Polaroid. [ 4 ] With venture capital from railroad tycoon W. Averell Harriman and merchant banker and part-time songwriter James P. Warburg , Edwin Land, George Wheelwright, and Julius Silver incorporated Polaroid Corporation on ...
A map shows the proposed 274-unit Indrio Woods apartment complex, surrounding the estate of Crayola crayon inventor Edwin Binney. A rezoning for the property was denied by the St. Lucie County ...
The Land Camera is a model of self-developing film camera manufactured by Polaroid between 1948 and 1983. It is named after the inventor, American scientist Edwin Land, who developed a process for self-developing photography between 1943 and 1947. [1] After Edwin Land's retirement from Polaroid in 1982, the name 'Land' was dropped from the ...