Inventors Of Everyday Objects
32 entries in the Inventors Of Everyday Objects compendium.
Charles F. KetteringAmerican inventor and engineer with 186 patents.Charles WheatstoneEnglish physicist and inventor of the Wheatstone bridge and telegraphy.Cyrus McCormickInventor and businessman who developed the mechanical reaper.Daniel B. WessonCo-founder of Smith & Wesson and pioneer of cartridge revolvers.Elias HoweThe man who stitched together the modern sewing machineElisha OtisInventor of the safety elevator that revolutionized vertical transport.Emile BerlinerInventor of the lateral-cut flat disc record and gramophone.Eugene StonerAmerican machinist and designer of the AR-15 and M16 rifle.Fazlur Rahman KhanPioneer of tubular designs for high-rise buildings.Felix WankelGerman engineer who invented the rotary Wankel engine.Ferdinand von ZeppelinGerman general and inventor of the rigid airship.Frank ZamboniInventor of the modern ice resurfacing machine.Frederick Scott ArcherInventor of the collodion process that made photography widely accessible.George PullmanEngineer and industrialist who built the Pullman sleeping car.George Washington (inventor)Belgian-British inventor who mass-produced instant coffee.George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.American civil engineer who created the original Ferris Wheel.Godfrey HounsfieldBritish electrical engineer who co-developed CT scanning.Harold EdgertonPioneer of stroboscopic photography and sonar technology.Heinrich VollmerGerman small-arms designer who advanced submachine gun and beltless feed technology.Henry BessemerEnglish inventor of the Bessemer steel-making process.Henry Fox TalbotEnglish pioneer of salted paper and calotype photography.Horace Smith (inventor)American gunsmith and co-founder of Smith & Wesson.Hubert Cecil BoothEnglish engineer who invented an early powered vacuum cleaner.Hugo SchmeisserGerman firearm developer who designed the first assault rifle.Ignacy ŁukasiewiczPolish pharmacist and inventor of the modern kerosene lamp.Jack ParsonsRocket pioneer, occultist, and co-founder of JPL and Aerojet.Jacob W. DavisRussian-American tailor who invented modern jeans with rivets.James HargreavesInventor of the spinning jenny, a key mechanisation of spinning.David UnaiponAboriginal author, inventor, and preacher featured on the $50 note.Clément AderFrench inventor and aviation pioneer who built early flying machines.Cornelis DrebbelDutch inventor of the first submarine and pioneer in optics and chemistry.Denis PapinHuguenot inventor of the steam digester and early steam engine.
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