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Zeolite Y Zeolite Y, a molecular sieve used to catalyse fractional distillation in petroleum refining, was invented by Edith M. Flanigen while working for Union Carbide. Flanigen also co-invented a synthetic emerald and was the first female recipient of the Perkin Medal in 1992. Synthetic radiochemistry
Rodríguez was born in Avilés in 1923. Her parents were Julia Montoussé and the industrialist, José Maribona. In the 1980s, she emigrated to Switzerland where she met her second husband, Albert, and worked as a nurse.
Katharine Burr Blodgett (January 10, 1898 – October 12, 1979) [2] was an American physicist and chemist known for her work on surface chemistry, in particular her invention of "invisible" or nonreflective glass while working at General Electric.
A wallpaper printing press was exhibited inside the Centennial Exposition's Machinery Hall in 1876 (where Beasley was a frequent visitor).. During her time in Philadelphia, Beasley listed her profession as "dressmaker" in city directories, [6] but in 1876, when the Centennial Exposition opened in Philadelphia, Beasley became a frequent visitor to the exhibits in Machinery Hall.
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 for an inventor.
Mary Somerville (/ ˈ s ʌ m ər v ɪ l / SUM-ər-vil; née Fairfax, formerly Greig; 26 December 1780 – 29 November 1872) [1] was a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath.She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel were elected as the first female Honorary Members of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Roger Y. Tsien (1952–2016), together with Osamu Shimomura (1928–2018) and Martin Chalfie (born 1947), U.S. – Discovery and development of Green fluorescent protein; Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935), Russia – spaceflight
After spending a few years teaching, Geer moved to Chicago, where she met her husband, Charles Geer, a businessman who was involved in the manufacturing of surgical instruments.