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Kia Silverbrook (born 1958), Australia – Memjet printer, world's most prolific inventor; Luther Simjian (1905–1997), Armenia/U.S. – Automated teller machine (ATM) Vladimir Simonov (1935–2020), Russia – APS Underwater Assault Rifle, SPP-1 underwater pistol; Charles Simonyi (born 1948), Hungary – Hungarian notation
The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references for an inventor.
The Lower Paleolithic period lasted over 3 million years, during which there many human-like species evolved including toward the end of this period, Homo sapiens.The original divergence between humans and chimpanzees occurred 13 (), however interbreeding continued until as recently as 4 Ma, with the first species clearly belonging to the human (and not chimpanzee) lineage being ...
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 ...
Public Domain. Henry Ford is known for many things — the most prominent being mass-manufactured cars and paying workers respectable wages. But his first automobile, made in 1896, was powered by ...
Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC) – polymath, inventor of the screw pump; Richard Arkwright (1733–1792) – credited with inventing the spinning frame but most notable for contributions to the modern factory system; William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810–1900) – hydraulic power pioneer, founder of Armstrong Whitworth
10 Nov 1968 Mexico: Science Design Construction Glider Propeller: First Mexican aviators to graduate from the Moissant School; Juan Pablo was the first to fly over the Statue of Liberty (12 Mar 1913). [nb 2] They also helped contribute to improve aerodynamics by designing a "thick wing" long before other inventors. [citation needed]
In 1901, the recipients of the first Nobel Prizes were given 150,782 SEK, equivalent to 10.8 million SEK in 2023. In 2017, the laureates were awarded a prize amount of 9 million SEK. [ 4 ] The awards are presented in Stockholm in an annual ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death.