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However, other inventors before Bell had worked on the development of the telephone and the invention had several pioneers. [427] 1877: Thomas Edison invents the first working phonograph. [428] 1878: Henry Fleuss is granted a patent for the first practical rebreather. [429] 1878: Lester Allan Pelton invents the Pelton wheel.
Jerome H. Lemelson (1923–1997), U.S. – inventions in the fields in which he patented make possible, wholly or in part, innovations like automated warehouses, industrial robots, cordless telephones, fax machines, videocassette recorders, camcorders, and the magnetic tape drive used in Sony's Walkman tape players.
This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse fields, including physics, biology, math, and medicine.
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.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an American not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of significant technology. As of 2020, 603 inventors have been inducted, mostly constituting historic persons from the past three centuries, but including about 100 living ...
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 ...
1780: Modified version of the Newcomen engine (the Pickard engine) developed by James Pickard (dates unknown). 1781: The Iron Bridge, the first metal bridge, cast and built by Abraham Darby III (1750–1789). [ 54] 1791: The first true gas turbine invented by John Barber (1734–1801).
This is a list of Japanese inventions and discoveries.The Japanese have made contributions across a number of scientific and technological domains. In particular, the country has played a crucial role in the digital revolution since the 20th century, with many modern revolutionary and widespread technologies in fields such as electronics and robotics introduced by Japanese inventors and ...