List of inventions named after people
This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whom it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies.
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The list
A to G
- Archimedes' screw – Archimedes
- Argand lamp – Ami Argand
- Armstrong breech-loading gun – William George Armstrong
- Bakelite – Leo Baekeland
- Bessemer converter – Henry Bessemer
- Biro, (ballpoint pen) – Laszlo Biro
- Blacker Bombard; Lt Col Blacker
- Bowie knife – Jim Bowie
- Braille – Louis Braille
- Browning firearms, including the Browning Automatic Rifle – John Browning
- Bunsen burner – Robert Bunsen
- Colt revolver – Samuel Colt
- Cunningham (downhaul) – Briggs Swift Cunningham II
- Daguerreotype – Jacques Daguerre
- Davy lamp – Humphry Davy
- Dewar flask - James Dewar
- Diesel engine – Rudolf Diesel
- Dolby noise reduction system – Ray Dolby
- Doppler radar – Christian Doppler (see also: Doppler effect)
- Ferris wheel – George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
- Franklin stove – Benjamin Franklin
- Galil assault rifle – Israel Galili
- Gatling gun – Richard J. Gatling
- Geiger counter – Hans Geiger
- Geiger-Müller tube – Hans Geiger and Walther Müller
- M1 Garand rifle – John Garand
- Gillette safety razor – King C. Gillette
- Gore-Tex – Wilbert Gore
- Guillotine – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin did not invent the guillotine, but proposed the use of the mechanical device to carry out death penalties in France.
H to Q
- Hallidie ropeway – Andrew Smith Hallidie
- Halligan bar – Hugh Halligan
- Hammond Organ – Laurens Hammond
- Hutchinson Patent Stopper – Charles G. Hutchinson
- Jacquard loom – Joseph Marie Jacquard
- Josephson junction – Brian David Josephson
- Kalashnikov guns (eg the AK-47) – Mikhail Kalashnikov
- Leigh light - Humphry de Verde Leigh
- Mae West inflatable life jacket – named after actress Mae West
- Macintosh (the waterproof coat) - Charles Macintosh
- Marconi rig (sloop) – Guglielmo Marconi - a satiric reference to complicated spreaders and shrouds that had the appearance of radio antennas of the time.
- Mason jar – John Mason
- Maxim gun – Hiram Maxim
- Melba sauce, Peach Melba and Melba toast – Dame Nelly Melba
- Molotov cocktail – invented by the Finnish army, and named after Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet Minister of War
- Moog synthesizer – Robert Moog
- Morse code – Samuel Morse
- Owen gun – Evo Owen.
- Pavlova – Anna Pavlova
- Pasteurization – Louis Pasteur
- Patchett gun
- Peavey (tool) – Joseph Peavey
- Petri dish – Julius Richard Petri
- Pulaski (tool) – Ed Pulaski
- Prusik knot – Karl Prusik
R to Z
- Raman spectroscopy – C. V. Raman
- Richter magnitude scale – Charles Richter
- Rubik's Cube – Ernő Rubik
- Sandwich – Earl of Sandwich
- Saxophone – Adolphe Sax, Belgian music instrument designer
- Shrapnel shell – Henry Shrapnel
- Schick test – Béla Schick
- Sousaphone – John Philip Sousa
- Soyer Stove - Alexis Soyer
- Stark spectroscopy – Johannes Stark
- Sten gun - Shepherd, Turpin (and their employer RSAF Enfield)
- Stirling engine – Rev. Robert Stirling
- Strowger switch (part of the first automatic telephone exchange) – Almon Strowger
- Thompson submachine gun – John T. Thompson
- Tesla coil – Nikola Tesla
- Tesla turbine – Nikola Tesla
- Theremin – Leon Theremin
- Uzi submachine gun – Uziel Gal
- Vernier –Pierre Vernier
- Wellington boot – Duke of Wellington
- Westinghouse air brake – George Westinghouse
- Winchester repeating rifle – named after chief investor Oliver F. Winchester
- Zeppelin – Ferdinand von Zeppelin
See also
- List of inventions
- List of inventors
- List of scientists
- Lists of etymologies
- Scientific phenomena named after people
Categories
Lists of eponyms | Inventions | Eponyms