Inventions named after people

Posted in Science

This is a list of famous inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whom it is named after).  

  • Archimedes' screw ? Archimedes
  • Argand lamp ? Ami Argand
  • Armstrong breech-loading gun ? William George Armstrong
  • Bakelite ? Leo Baekeland
  • Becquerel radioactivity unit ? Henri Becquerel
  • Bessemer converter ? Henry Bessemer
  • Biro, (ballpoint pen) ? Laszlo Biro
  • Blacker Bombard; Lt Col Blacker
  • Bowie knife ? Jim Bowie
  • Braille ? Louis Braille
  • Browning firearms, including the Browning Automatic Rifle ? John Browning
  • Bunsen burner ? Robert Bunsen
  • Colt revolver ? Samuel Colt
  • Coffey still ? Aeneas Coffey
  • Cunningham (downhaul) ? Briggs Swift Cunningham II
  • Daguerreotype ? Jacques Daguerre
  • Davy lamp ? Humphry Davy
  • Dewar flask - James Dewar
  • Diesel engine ? Rudolf Diesel
  • Dolby noise reduction system ? Ray Dolby
  • Doppler radar ? Christian Doppler (see also: Doppler effect)
  • Ferris wheel ? George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
  • Foucault pendulum ? Jean Bernard L?on Foucault
  • Franklin stove ? Benjamin Franklin
  • Fresnel lens ? Augustin-Jean Fresnel
  • Galil assault rifle ? Israel Galili
  • Gatling gun ? Richard J. Gatling
  • Gatsometer ? Maurice Gatsonides
  • Geiger counter ? Hans Geiger
  • Geiger-M?ller tube ? Hans Geiger and Walther M?ller
  • M1 Garand rifle ? John Garand
  • Gillette safety razor ? King C. Gillette
  • Glauber's salt ? Johann Rudolf Glauber
  • Gobelin ? Gobelin family
  • Gore-Tex ? Wilbert Gore
  • Guillotine ? Joseph-Ignace Guillotin did not invent the guillotine, but proposed the use of the mechanical device to carry out death penalties in France.
  • Hallidie ropeway ? Andrew Smith Hallidie
  • Halligan bar ? Hugh Halligan
  • Hammond Organ ? Laurens Hammond
  • Hutchinson Patent Stopper ? Charles G. Hutchinson
  • Jacquard loom ? Joseph Marie Jacquard
  • Josephson junction ? Brian David Josephson
  • Kao's rings ? a junction termination structure invented by Yu Kao and used in some types of high voltage power semiconductor devices
  • Kalashnikov guns (eg the AK-47) ? Mikhail Kalashnikov
  • Kipp's apparatus ? Petrus Jacobus Kipp
  • Land Camera ? Edwin H. Land
  • Leigh light ? Humphry de Verde Leigh
  • Macadamroad ? John Loudon McAdam
  • Mae West inflatable life jacket ? named after actress Mae West
  • Macintosh (the waterproof coat) - Charles Macintosh
  • Marconi rig (sloop) ? Guglielmo Marconi - a satiric reference to complicated spreaders and shrouds that had the appearance of radio antennas of the time.
  • Mason jar ? John Mason
  • Maxim gun ? Hiram Maxim
  • Melba sauce, Peach Melba and Melba toast ? Dame Nelly Melba
  • Molotov cocktail ? invented by the Finnish army, and named after Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet Minister of War
  • Moog synthesizer ? Robert Moog
  • Morse code ? Samuel Morse
  • Owen gun ? Evo Owen.
  • Pavlova ? Anna Pavlova
  • Pasteurization ? Louis Pasteur
  • Patchett gun
  • Peavey (tool) ? Joseph Peavey
  • Petri dish ? Julius Richard Petri
  • Pulaski (tool) ? Ed Pulaski
  • Pupin coil ? Mihajlo Pupin
  • Prusik knot ? Karl Prusik
  • Raman spectroscopy ? C. V. Raman
  • Richter magnitude scale ? Charles Richter
  • Rubik's Cube ? Ernő Rubik
  • Sandwich ? Earl of Sandwich
  • Saxophone ? Adolphe Sax, Belgian music instrument designer
  • Shrapnel shell ? Henry Shrapnel
  • Schick test ? B?la Schick
  • Sousaphone ? John Philip Sousa
  • Soyer Stove - Alexis Soyer
  • Stark spectroscopy ? Johannes Stark
  • Sten gun - Shepherd, Turpin (and their employer RSAF Enfield)
  • Stirling engine ? Rev. Robert Stirling
  • Strowger switch (part of the first automatic telephone exchange) ? Almon Strowger
  • Thompson submachine gun ? John T. Thompson
  • Tesla coil ? Nikola Tesla
  • Tesla turbine ? Nikola Tesla
  • Theremin ? Leon Theremin
  • Uzi submachine gun ? Uziel Gal
  • Vernier ? Pierre Vernier
  • Wedgwood porcelain ? Wedgwood family
  • Wellington boot ? Duke of Wellington
  • Westinghouse air brake ? George Westinghouse
  • Winchester repeating rifle ? named after chief investor Oliver F. Winchester
  • Zeppelin ? Ferdinand von Zeppelin

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