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Heron (c. 10–70), Roman Egypt – usually credited with invention of the aeolipile, although it may have been described a century earlier; John Herschel (1792–1871), UK – photographic fixer (hypo), actinometer; Harry Houdini (1874–1926) U.S. – flight time illusion; Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894), Germany – radio telegraphy ...
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 ...
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.
Image credits: Adrian Willings #3 18 Year Old Inventor, H. Day, Wearing Headphones Attached To A Wireless Device Under His Top Hat, May 1922
One of two independent inventors of the concept of digital packet switching used in modern computer networking including the Internet. [9] [10] Published a series of briefings and papers about dividing information into "message blocks" and sending them over distributed networks (1960–1964). [11] [12] 1874 Baudot, Émile
(Top) 1 By academic genealogy. 2 By country, religion, gender or ethnic background. 3 By achievement. 4 See also. ... List of African-American inventors and scientists;
But his first automobile, made in 1896, was powered by ethanol, had four bicycle wheels, and went at a top speed of 20 miles per hour. The vehicle resembled a horseless carriage. The vehicle ...
Roger Bacon (1214–1292), magnifying glass; Edward Barber (1969– ), London 2012 Olympic Torch; Julia Barfield (1952– ), architect who contributed to the design of the London Eye and the i360 observation tower in Brighton, England