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Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a type of two-way traffic light, [1] and a protective 'smoke hood' [2] notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue. [3] [4] Morgan also discovered and developed a chemical ...
Warren G. Harding. Benjamin Harrison. William Henry Harrison. Marcy Kaptur. Charles Anderson (Ohio governor) (Dayton) Frank J. Battisti (judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio) (Youngstown) Albert J. Beveridge (political leader) (Highland) Ken Blackwell (politician) (Cincinnati) Blue Jacket (Shawnee Indian Chief ...
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.
Early in the 20th century, Cleveland was a city on the rise and was known as the "Sixth City" due to its position as the sixth largest U.S. city at the time. [ 39] Its businesses included automotive companies such as Peerless, People's, Jordan, Chandler, and Winton, maker of the first car driven across the U.S.
James Cotton, football player. Franklin Cover, actor. Delbert Cowsette, football player. Wes Craven, film director. George Washington Crile, co-founder of the Cleveland Clinic, gave first successful blood transfusion. George Washington Crile Jr., surgeon. George Washington Crile III, CBS news, journalist and producer.
Pages in category "Inventors from Ohio" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 ...