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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 ...
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 .
Cornelis Corneliszoon (1550–1607), The Netherlands – wind powered sawmill. Alexander Coucoulas (born 1933), U.S. – Thermosonic bonding. Wallace H. Coulter (1913–1998), U.S. – Coulter principle. Jacques Cousteau (1910–1997), France – co-inventor of the aqualung and the Nikonos underwater camera.
1952:The first thermonuclear weaponis 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.
Helping others, helping ourselves: Power, giving, and community identity in Cleveland, Ohio, 1880-1930 (Kent State University Press, 2001). Van Tassel, David, and John Grabowski, eds. Cleveland: A Tradition of Reforms (1986) tten essays by experts; Veronesi, Gene P. Italian-Americans & Their Communities of Cleveland (1977) Complete text online
Polarography was invented by Jaroslav Heyrovský in 1922. [ 6] Cabin motorcycle (Dálník) was invented by Jan Anderle during 1930s. [ 7][ 8] Versatile pencil was invented by Czech company Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth in 1937. [ 9][ 10] Silon textile material (synthetic fiber) was invented by Otto Wichterle during the 1940s.
Scottish inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques either partially or entirely invented, innovated, or discovered by a person born in or descended from Scotland. In some cases, an invention's Scottishness is determined by the fact that it came into existence in Scotland (e.g., animal cloning ), by non-Scots working in the ...
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