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Fluorescent lamp, said to be invented by a certain Agapito Flores. The name of the invention supposedly comes from the surname of the purported inventor, "Flores", sounding similar to the term fluorescent. [63] Yoyo, alleged to have been invented by Filipinos. Some believe that the toy could have been used as a weapon.
Ramon Barba. Ramon Cabanos Barba ONS (August 31, 1939 – October 10, 2021) was a Filipino inventor and horticulturist [ 1][ 2] best known for inventing a way to induce more flowers in mango trees using ethrel and potassium nitrate. [ 3] Barba was proclaimed a National Scientist of the Philippines in June 2014. [ 4][ 5]
Philippines. Occupation. Physician. Known for. Discovery of erythromycin. Abelardo Aguilar (November 3, 1917 – September 22, 1993 was a Filipino doctor from Iloilo, Philippines who worked as a medical representative for Eli Lilly and Company. [1] [2]
A fluorescent lamp tube is filled with a mix of argon, xenon, neon, or krypton, and mercury vapor. The pressure inside the lamp is around 0.3% of atmospheric pressure. [27] The partial pressure of the mercury vapor alone is about 0.8 Pa (8 millionths of atmospheric pressure), in a T12 40-watt lamp. [28]
Gregorio Ynciong Zara (8 March 1902 – 15 October 1978) [1] was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor. He was known as the father of videoconferencing [2] for having invented the first two-way videophone. [2] [3] [1] He was also one of the country's pioneer aeronautical engineer having invented an airplane engine ...
Edmund Germer (August 24, 1901 – August 10, 1987) was a German inventor, recognized as the father of the fluorescent lamp. His father was an accountant. He obtained a doctorate from the University of Berlin in lighting technology. He applied for a patent for a fluorescent lamp with Friedrich Meyer and Hans J. Spanner on December 10, 1926 ...
Edward E. Hammer (December 27, 1931 – July 16, 2012) [1] was an engineer who was at the forefront of fluorescent lighting research. His technological contributions in incandescent, fluorescent and HID light sources earned him over 35 patents. [2] He received his bachelor's degree from Manhattan College in 1954.
Peter Cooper Hewitt (May 5, 1861 – August 25, 1921) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp in 1901. [ 1] Hewitt was issued U.S. patent 682,692 on September 17, 1901. [ 2] In 1903, Hewitt created an improved version that possessed higher color qualities which eventually found widespread ...