Famous Inventors
Dr. Palade won the Nobel Prize in 1974.
George Emil Palade (b. November 19, 1912, in Iaþi, Romania) is a Romanian cell biologist. In 1974, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve, for his discoveries concerning the structure and function of organelles in biological cells.
Biography
George Palade received a M.D. in 1940 from the Carol Davila School of Medicine of the University of Bucharest, Romania. He was a member of the faculty of that school until 1945 when he went to the United... » more details
Henri Marie Coanda (June 7, 1886 – November 25, 1972) was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and the builder of world’s first jet powered aircraft, the Coanda-1910.
Born in Bucharest, Coanda was the second child of a large family. His father was General Constantin Coanda, a mathematics professor at the National School of Bridges and Roads. His mother, Aida Danet, was the daughter of French physician Gustave Danet, and was born in Brittany. He was later to recall that even as a child he was fascinated by the miracle of wind.
Coandã... » more details
Traian Vuia (29 August 1872, Surducul Mic-Timis - 3 Septembrie 1950, Bucharest)
Aviation Pioneer
Inventor of the first airplanes with their own take off systems,
propulsion units and landing gear
Traian Vuia graduated from the Public College of Lugoj, in 1892. His advanced studies were in Budapest, at the Polytechnic School, where he received his engineering diploma. He continued his studies with the Law Faculty, being awarded the degree of Doctor of Judicial Sciences in 1901, his thesis being "Military and Industry, State and Contract regime." In 1902, he was in Paris,... » more details
Nicolae Paulescu, inventor of insulin, discovery of insulin, pancreatic extract
Nicolae Paulescu (October 30, 1869 – July 17, 1931) was a Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine and the discoverer of insulin.
Early life and activities
Born in Bucharest, he was the first of four children of father Costache Paulescu and mother Maria Paulescu. He displayed remarkable abilities as early as his first school years. He learned French, Latin and Ancient Greek at an early age, so that a few years later he became fluent in all these languages and was able to... » more details
Micu A. Ioan
Asynchronous electrical machine, Method of Biostimulation, The Scientific and Religious Realism
Date of birth: February, 27, 1945
Place of birth: Traniş, Sălaj country, Romania
Studies: Graduate of the Brasov University, the Technology of Machine Construction Faculty, 1974
Professional Experience in Industry:
1974 – engineer on probation at IMMUM Baia Mare
1975 – Digital display analyser of batch composition in steel melting furnaces
Other inventions and innovations at the facilities of IMMUM, in Baia Mare
1982 – The first Score Digital Display Table on the Baia Mare Stadium on the football match... » more details
Anghel Saligny, Saligny railway bridge, bridges, roads, silos, ports
Anghel Saligny (19 April 1854 – 17 June 1925) was a Romanian engineer, most famous for designing the Feteşti-Cernavodă railway bridge (1895) over the Danube, the longest bridge in Europe at that time. He also designed the storage facilities in Constanţa seaport, one of the earliest examples of reinforced concrete architecture in Europe.
Biography
Saligny was born in Focşani in the eastern province of Moldavia. His father Alfred Saligny, an educator, was a French immigrant to Romania, coming from the region of Alsace.... » more details
Petrache Poenaru- invented the world's first fountain pen
Petrache Poenaru (1799 - 1875) was a famous Romanian inventor of the Enlightenment era.
Poenaru, who had studied in Paris and Vienna and, later, completed his specialized studies in England, was a mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, teacher and organizer of the educational system, as well as a politician, agronomist, and zootechnologist, founder of the Philharmonic Society, the Botanical Gardens and the National Museum of Antiquities in Bucharest.
While a student in Paris, Petrache Poenaru invented the world's first fountain pen, an invention for which the... » more details
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic scenes, the creator of a single wire telegraph system, and co-inventor, with Alfred Vail, of the Morse Code.
Birth and education
Samuel F.B. Morse was born on April 27, 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the first child of geographer and Pastor Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Loose Morse. Jedidiah was a great preacher of the Calvinist faith and supporter of the American Federalist party. He not only saw it as a great preserver of... » more details
George Carruthers
GEORGE CARRUTHERS, ultraviolet observations of the earth's
George Carruthers has gained international recognition for his work which focuses on ultraviolet observations of the earth's upper atmosphere and of astronomical phenomena. Ultraviolet light is the electromagnetic radiation between visible light and x-rays. George Carruthers first major contribution to science was to lead the team that invented the far ultraviolet camera spectrograph. He developed the first moon-based space observatory, an ultraviolet camera that was carried to the moon by Apollo 16 astronauts in 1972. The camera was positioned on the moon's... » more details
SAMUEL COLT, first revolver, practical revolver and the first practical repeating firearm
Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt (19th century engraving)
Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford, Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. He was the founder of the Colt\\'s Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now known as Colt\\'s Manufacturing Company), and is widely credited with popularizing the revolver gun. Colt\\'s innovative contributions to industry have been described by arms historian James E. Serven as "events which shaped the destiny of American Firearms."
The Early Years
Samuel Colt\\'s... » more details
