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This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whomever else it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies . The list
Bridgestone – Shojiro Ishibashi; the name comes from a calque translation and transposition of "ishibashi," meaning "stone bridge" Briggs & Stratton – Stephen Foster Briggs and Harold M. Stratton; Britek Motorsport – Jason Bright; Brooke Bond – Arthur Brooke; Brooks Locomotive Works – founded by Horatio G. Brooks
A person whose name is used to name something else is an eponym. The asterisk (*) section contains lists of things named after people by type of person. The plus (+) section contains lists of things named after people by subject.
Of the 118 elements, 19 are connected with the names of 20 people. 15 elements were named to honor 16 scientists (as curium honours both Marie and Pierre Curie). Four others have indirect connection to the names of non-scientists. [1] Only gadolinium and samarium occur in nature; the rest are man-made.
41 of the 118 known elements have names associated with, or specifically named for, places around the world or among astronomical objects. 32 of these have names tied to the places on Earth, and the other nine are named after to Solar System objects: helium for the Sun; tellurium for the Earth; selenium for the Moon; mercury (indirectly), uranium, neptunium and plutonium after their respective ...
A garnish, soup, timbales, and tartlets all bear her name, as later chefs remembered her for her interest in food. Big Hearted Al candy bar – early-20th-century presidential candidate Al Smith had this candy bar named after him by an admirer who owned a candy company. Fillet of Beef Prince Albert – Queen Victoria's Consort Prince Albert ...
Originally a brand name owned by Lenzing, an austrian based company, for a viscose-type fiber fabricated via the NMMO process. In the meantime Lyocell is a generic name used by various manufacturers. Mimeograph Originally trademarked by Albert Dick. [24] A low-cost printing press that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper. Quonset
Chemical nomenclature, replete as it is with compounds with very complex names, is a repository for some names that may be considered unusual. A browse through the Physical Constants of Organic Compounds in the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (a fundamental resource) will reveal not just the whimsical work of chemists, but the sometimes peculiar compound names that occur as the ...