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Victor Leaton Ochoa (1850 Chihuahua, Mexico – 1945 Sinaloa, Mexico) was a Mexican American revolutionary, journalist, union leader, miner, prisoner and inventor. He is best known for his invention of the Ochoaplane, the electric brake, an adjustable wrench, a pen and pencil clip and a windmill.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame was founded in 1973 on the initiative of H. Hume Mathews, then the chairman of the National Council of Patent Law Associations (now the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations). [4]
Development of O-pentenyl glycosides as glycosyl donors for oligosaccharide synthesis, by Bertram Fraser-Reid. [29] [31] Construction of the largest ever synthetic hetero-oligosaccharide without the use of automated methods, by Bertram Fraser-Reid. [29] [32] First to report photopolymerisation, by John Buddle Blyth (and August Wilhelm von ...
1628: First correct description of circulation of the blood in De Motu Cordis by William Harvey (1578–1657). [77] 18th century: Invention of surgical forceps attributed to Stephen Hales (1677–1761). [78] c. 1711: First blood pressure measurement and first cardiac catheterisation by Stephen Hales (1677–1761). [79]
Manu Prakash is an Indian scientist who is a professor of bioengineering at Stanford University.Manu was born in Meerut, India. He is best known for his contributions to the Foldscope [1] and Paperfuge. [2]
Stahl wrote "Estudios sobre la flora de Puerto Rico" (A study of the Puerto Rican Flora), published in six fascicles from 1883 to 1888. Copies of his plant collection with approximately 1,330 plants can be found in various botanical gardens around the world.
Otis T. Carr (December 7, 1904 – September 20, 1982) first emerged into the 1950s flying saucer scene in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1955 when he founded OTC Enterprises, a company that was supposed to advance and apply technology originally suggested by Nikola Tesla.
The Four Great Inventions are inventions from ancient China that are celebrated in Chinese culture for their historical significance and as symbols of ancient China's advanced science and technology.