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Norbert Rillieux (March 17, 1806 – October 8, 1894) was a Louisiana Creole inventor who was widely considered one of the earliest chemical engineers and noted for his pioneering invention of the multiple-effect evaporator. This invention was an important development in the growth of the sugar industry.
An evaporating dish is a piece of laboratory glassware used for the evaporation of solutions and supernatant liquids, [a] and sometimes to their melting point.Evaporating dishes are used to evaporate excess solvents – most commonly water – to produce a concentrated solution or a solid precipitate of the dissolved substance.
Anthony Ernest Pratt (10 August 1903 – 9 April 1994) was the inventor of the English detective-themed board game Cluedo, currently owned and marketed by American entertainment company Hasbro. In the lead-up to the 150 millionth sale of Cluedo , Waddingtons began a hunt to find out about the elusive creator of the board game.
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
GB 4732/1822 Steam-engines. December 10, 1822; GB 4792/1823. Heating, boiling, or evaporating by the steam of fluids, in pans, boilers, or other vessels. May 17, 1823; GB 4800/1823 Steam-engines. June 5, 1823 . GB 4870/1823 Construction of the furnace of steam-boilers and other vessels. November 20, 1823; GB 4952/1824 Throwing shells and other ...
Hoyt is the inventor of numerous well-known puzzles, games and brain teasers including USA Today Word Roundup, USA Today Up & Down Words, Jumble Crosswords, TV Jumble and more. He is the current co-author of Jumble , the most syndicated daily word game in the world.
Edwin Ruud (9 June 1854 – 9 December 1932) was a Norwegian-American mechanical engineer and inventor who immigrated to the United States where he designed, sold, and popularized the tankless water heater. He was the founder and President of Ruud Manufacturing Company, now a division of Rheem Manufacturing Company. [6] [7] [8]
His 'generous donation' enabled the creation of the STRIX Centre for Manufacturing at UMIST which opened in 2003. [4] He has also been a very active benefactor of his former Cambridge college, Corpus Christi , by contributing £2.5m [ 9 ] towards the construction of a new student library, the Taylor Library [ 10 ] as well as funding numerous ...