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Fluorescent lamp, said to be invented by a certain Agapito Flores. The name of the invention supposedly comes from the surname of the purported inventor, "Flores", sounding similar to the term fluorescent. [61] Yoyo, alleged to have been invented by Filipinos. Some believe that the toy could have been used as a weapon.
Agapito Jiménez Zamora (1817–1879), Costa Rican politician; Agapito Lozada (1938–2011), Filipino swimmer; Agapito Mayor (1915–2005), Cuban baseball player; Agapito Sánchez (1970–2005), Dominican Republic boxer; Agapito Flores, purported inventor of fluorescent light; Surname. Julio García Agapito (died 2008), Peruvian environmentalist
Pedro Edralin Flores (26 April 1896 – 3 January 1964) [1] was a Filipino businessman and yo-yo maker who has been credited with popularizing yo-yos in the United States. He patented an innovation to yo-yos that used a loop instead of a knot around the axle, allowing for new tricks such as the ability to "sleep".
Emmanuel Agapito Flores Lacaba (December 10, 1948 – March 18, 1976), popularly known as Eman Lacaba, was a Filipino writer, poet, essayist, playwright, short story writer, scriptwriter, songwriter and activist, often referred to as the "poet warrior" of the Philippines.
He invented a fluorescent lamp in 1896 that used a coating of calcium tungstate as the fluorescing substance, excited by X-rays. Although it received a patent in 1907, [6] it was not put into production. As with a few other attempts to use Geissler tubes for illumination, it had a short operating life, and given the success of the incandescent ...
Anacleto del Rosario y Sales (July 13, 1860, Santa Cruz, Manila – May 2, 1895) was a leading chemist in the Philippines during the Spanish era in Philippine history. ...
Francisco Quisumbing. Francisco Arguelles Quisumbing is said to be a Filipino botanist claimed to be the inventor of Quink ink [1] [2] used by The Parker Pen Company. He studied in the Philippines and the US, gaining a BSc from the University of the Philippines School of Agriculture, [disputed – discuss] Los Baños in 1918 and an MSc in 1921.
José Agapito Mateo Minos Campuzano (1852–1938), priest and historian from Jojutla. Sergio Méndez Arceo (1907-1991) was a bishop of Cuernavaca, 1953–1982. He was a leading proponent of Liberation Theology. [105] Florencio Olvera Ochoa, (1933–2020), Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca (2002–2009). [106]