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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.
List of prolific inventors. The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references ...
Thomas Edison. 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]
1880s. 1881: Nikolay Benardos presents carbon arc welding, the first practical arc welding method. [ 435] 1884: Hiram Maxim invents the recoil-operated Maxim gun, ushering in the age of semi- and fully automatic firearms. 1884: Paul Vieille invents Poudre B, the first smokeless powder for firearms.
a Boston University (see below ). b See below. c Two died soon after birth. Alexander Graham Bell ( / ˈɡreɪ.əm /, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) [ 4] was a Scottish-born [ N 1] Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
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 .
Oliver Evans trained as a millwright, inventor of the high pressure steam engine (independently of Richard Trevithick and with a more practical engine). Evans developed and patented the first known automated materials-handling system. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest ...
1974. Catmull, Edwin. Computer generated imagery (CGI) and 3D graphics pioneer who developed texture mapping, the Catmull-Clark subdivision surface algorithm (with Jim Clark ), and the Catmull-Rom spline (with Raphael Rom. Former vice president of Industrial Light & Magic and co-founder of and former president of Pixar.