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Kemurdzhian, Alexander (October 4, 1921 -February 25, 2003): Russian. Kemurdzhian designed Lunokhod 1, the first space-exploration rover, which roamed on the Moon in 1970. ^ Harvey, Brian (2007). Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration.
G. D. Naidu (Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu) (23 March 1893 – 4 January 1974) was an Indian inventor and engineer who is referred to as the " Edison of India " and "the wealth creator of Coimbatore". [1][2] He is credited with the manufacture of the first electric motor in India. His contributions were primarily industrial but also spanned the ...
The first recorded Armenian to settle in Canada was a man named Garabed Nergarian, who came to Port Hope, Ontario in 1887. [2][3] Some 37 Armenians settled in Canada in 1892 and 100 in 1895. Most early Armenian migrants to Canada were men who were seeking employment. After the Hamidian massacres of mid-1890s Armenian families from the Ottoman ...
Automotive manufacturing is one of Canada's largest industrial sectors, accounting for 10% of manufacturing GDP and 23% of manufacturing trade. Canada produces passenger vehicles, trucks and buses, auto parts and systems, truck bodies and trailers, as well as tires and machine, tools, dies and molds (MTDM). The auto industry directly employs ...
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This is a list of automobile assembly plants in Ontario, Canada. Ontario produces more vehicles than any other jurisdiction in North America, with six of the world's top manufacturers operating assembly plants in Windsor , Brampton , Oakville , Alliston , Woodstock , Cambridge , Ingersoll , and Oshawa .
Paint roller – invented by Norman James Breakey of Toronto in 1940 [7][18] Robertson screw – invented by Peter L. Robertson in 1908. Rotary vane pump – invented by Charles Barnes and patented in 1874. Toggling harpoon – an Inuit tool used by Inuit while whale or seal hunting to impale the animal when thrown.
The Peter Witt streetcars were the first new vehicles ordered by the Toronto Transportation Commission; however, they required a major change in the trackwork before they could run. The new cars were wider than the older TRC cars, and the devilstrip between parallel tracks was too narrow at 3 feet 10 inches (1.17 m). The TTC had to relay track ...