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Gersh Budker (1918–1977), Russia – electron cooling, co-inventor of collider. Edward Bull (1759–1798), England – Bull engine (a modified steam engine) Robert Bunsen (1811–1899), Germany – Bunsen burner. Henry Burden (1791–1871), Scotland and U.S. – Horseshoe machine, first usable iron railroad spike.
This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse fields, including physics, biology, math, and medicine.
1904: The Fleming valve, the first vacuum tube and diode, is invented by John Ambrose Fleming. 1907: The first free flight of a rotary-wing aircraft is carried out by Paul Cornu. 1907: Leo Baekeland invents bakelite, the first plastic made from synthetic components.
The Indus Valley script remains undeciphered and there are very little surviving fragments of its writing, thus any inference about scientific discoveries in that region must be made based only on archaeological digs. The following dates are approximations. The Nippur cubit-rod, c. 2650 BCE, in the Archeological Museum of Istanbul, Turkey
1610 – Galileo Galilei: discovered the Galilean moons of Jupiter. 1613 – Galileo Galilei: Inertia. 1621 – Willebrord Snellius: Snell's law. 1632 – Galileo Galilei: The Galilean principle (the laws of motion are the same in all inertial frames) 1660 – Blaise Pascal: Pascal's law. 1660 – Robert Hooke: Hooke's law.
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov – Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2017) Nobel laureate. Robert Adler – United States (1913–2007) Stephen L. Adler – United States (born 1939) Franz Aepinus – Rostock (1724–1802) Mina Aganagic – Albania, United States. David Z Albert – United States (born 1954) Felicie Albert – France, United States.
Hellmuth Walter: Engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines. Felix Wankel: Inventor of the Rotary Motor. Max Weber: Discovered the mass effects of capitalism and modernity. Wilhelm Eduard Weber: Inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph together with Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath, regarded as the epitome of the "Renaissance Man", displaying skills in numerous diverse areas of study. While most famous for his paintings such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, Leonardo is also renowned in the fields of civil engineering ...