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List of prolific inventors. 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 ...
A. Albanian inventions (6 P) American inventions (18 C, 823 P) Argentine inventions (1 C, 10 P) Armenian inventions (13 P) Australian inventions (3 C, 111 P) Austrian inventions (1 C, 27 P) Azerbaijani inventions (14 P)
1952: The first thermonuclear weapon is developed. 1953: The first video tape recorder, a helical scan recorder, is invented by Norikazu Sawazaki. 1954: Invention of the solar battery by Bell Telephone scientists, Calvin Souther Fuller, Daryl Chapin and Gerald Pearson capturing the Sun's power.
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.
The Indian monk Atisha (980–1054 CE) introduced the Indian practice of printing on cloth prayer flags to Tibet. [ 74 ] Tanning (leather) – Ancient civilizations used leather for waterskins, bags, harnesses and tack, boats, armour, quivers, scabbards, boots, and sandals.
Sisal production invented by the Maya. Tobacco. Bottle gourds – the ancient Mexicans learned to first cultivate bottle gourds around 8,000 BCE. Indigenous peoples grew bottle gourds for use as bowls, scoops, colanders, ladles, spoons, canteens, and dippers. Larger gourds were used as cooking vessels.
Johan Petter Johansson (1853–1943) built and patented the adjustable spanner /wrench in 1892. Gustaf de Laval (1845–1913) was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and dairy machinery. The most famous invention was the milk- cream separator.
Some of the most significant products of Scottish ingenuity include James Watt 's steam engine, improving on that of Thomas Newcomen, [3] the bicycle, [4] macadamisation (not to be confused with tarmac or tarmacadam [5]), Alexander Graham Bell 's invention of the first practical telephone, [6] John Logie Baird 's invention of television, [7][8 ...