Famous Inventors
Rudolf Diesel,DIESEL, inventor of diesel engine, Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (March 18, 1858 – September 30, 1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the diesel engine.
Early life
Diesel was born in Paris, France, in 1858 as the second of three children to Theodor and Elise Diesel. Diesel\'s parents were immigrants living in France according to a biographical book by John F. Moon. Theodor Diesel, a bookbinder by trade, had left his home town of Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, in 1848. He met his wife, Elise... » more details
THOMAS ALVA EDISON, quadruplex telegraph , creating a complete system for the generation and distribution of electricity.
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation... » more details
GUSTAVE EIFFEL, French structural engineer and architect and a specialist of metallic structures, Eiffel Tower,
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (December 15, 1832 – December 27, 1923; in French pronounced [ɛfɛl], in English usually pronounced /ˈaɪfəl/) was a French structural engineer and architect and a specialist of metallic structures. He is famous for designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887-1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France, the Basilica Minore de San Sebastian, the only all-steel basilica in Asia, and the armature for the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, U.S..A monument... » more details
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, The first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor and innovator who is credited with the invention of the telephone. His father, grandfather and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices that eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S.... » more details
GEORGE EASTMAN, founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented the roll of film
George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented the roll of film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. The roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion picture film in 1888 by world's first filmmaker, Louis Le Prince, and a decade later by his followers Léon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers and Georges Méliès.
Biography
He was the third and youngest child of George Washington... » more details
MICHAEL FARADAY, rotator, cage, homopolar generator, law of induction, Zeeman effect
Michael Faraday, FRS (September 22, 1791 – August 25, 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of that time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
Faraday studied the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a DC electric current, and established the basis for the magnetic field concept in physics. He discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis. He established that magnetism could affect rays of light and that there was an underlying relationship... » more details
ALBERT EINSTEIN, discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, theory of relativity, E =mc2
Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass–energy equivalence, E = mc relativity2. Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect."
Einstein\'s many contributions to physics include his special theory of relativity, which reconciled mechanics with electromagnetism, and his general theory... » more details
HENRY FORD, American founder of the Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents. As owner of the Ford Company he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. He is credited with "Fordism", that is, the mass production of large numbers... » more details
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Founding Fathers of the United States of America, He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and a musical instrument
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his... » more details
FERDINAND von ZEPPELIN, Construction of the first Zeppelin
Zeppelin
A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century, based in part on an earlier design by aviation pioneer David Schwarz. Due to the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the term zeppelin in casual use came to refer to all rigid airships.
Zeppelins were operated by the Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG). DELAG, the first commercial airline, served scheduled flights before World War I. After the outbreak of the war, the German military... » more details
