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  2. List of inventors - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    1904: The Fleming valve, the first vacuum tube and diode, is invented by John Ambrose Fleming. 1907: The first free flight of a rotary-wing aircraft is carried out by Paul Cornu. 1907: Leo Baekeland invents bakelite, the first plastic made from synthetic components.

  4. Thomas Edison - Wikipedia

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    Edison reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb. Recorded 1929. Signature. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. [1][2][3] He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. [4]

  5. Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945), the American physicist and inventor who built and launched the world's first liquid-propellant rocket on March 16, 1926. [1] Goddard held 214 patents for his inventions and pioneering innovations in liquid-propelled, guided, and multi-stage rockets. [2] This ...

  6. List of Greek inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Headband: The beginning of headbands was no later than around 475 BC to 330 BC, with the ancient Greeks, who wore hair wreaths. Helepolis: Greek siege tower. Heron's fountain: Heron's fountain is a hydraulic machine invented by the 1st century AD inventor, mathematician, and physicist Heron of Alexandria.

  7. List of English inventors and designers - Wikipedia

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    Edward Craven Walker (1918-2000) invented the lava lamp. Barnes Wallis (1887–1979), bouncing bomb. Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795) invented jasperware. Edward Weston (1850–1936), Weston cell. Frank Whittle (1907–1996), co-inventor of the jet engine. William Winlaw (d.1796), patented agricultural machinery.

  8. Invention - Wikipedia

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    The system of patents was established to encourage inventors by granting limited-term, limited monopoly on inventions determined to be sufficiently novel, non-obvious, and useful. A patent legally protects the intellectual property rights of the inventor and legally recognizes that a claimed invention is actually an invention.

  9. Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath, regarded as the epitome of the "Renaissance Man", displaying skills in numerous diverse areas of study. While most famous for his paintings such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, Leonardo is also renowned in the fields of civil engineering ...

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