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Thomas Edison. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. [ 1][ 2][ 3] He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. [ 4]
However, other inventors before Bell had worked on the development of the telephone and the invention had several pioneers. [428] 1877: Thomas Edison invents the first working phonograph. [429] 1878: Henry Fleuss is granted a patent for the first practical rebreather. [430] 1878: Lester Allan Pelton invents the Pelton wheel.
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.
Construction, civil engineering and architecture. The Great Stupa at Sanchi (4th–1st century BCE). The dome shaped stupa was used in India as a commemorative monument associated with storing sacred relics. Hanuman and Ravana in Tolu Bommalata, the shadow puppet tradition of Andhra Pradesh, India.
The Vitruvian Man, c. 1490. 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 Lisaand the Last Supper, Leonardo is also renowned in the fields of civil engineering, chemistry, geology ...
Scottish inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques either partially or entirely invented, innovated, or discovered by a person born in or descended from Scotland. In some cases, an invention's Scottishness is determined by the fact that it came into existence in Scotland (e.g., animal cloning ), by non-Scots working in the ...
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.
Cannon: Ctesibius of Alexandria invented a primitive form of the cannon, operated by compressed air. Catapult: The historian Diodorus Siculus mentions the invention of a mechanical arrow-firing catapult. Cella: The inner chamber of an ancient Greek or Roman temple in classical antiquity.