Famous Inventors
GUGLIELMO MARCONI, development of a radiotelegraph system, Apparatus employed in wireless telegraphy, Wireless telegraphy
Guglielmo Marconi
Born April 25, 1874(1874-04-25)
Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna, Italy
Died July 20, 1937 (aged 63)
Rome, Italy
Known for Radio
Notable awards Nobel Prize for Physics (1909)
Religious stance Roman Catholic
Marchese Guglielmo Marconi [guʎ'ʎe:lmo mar'ko:ni] (25 April 1874 - 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system, which served as the foundation for the establishment of numerous affiliated companies worldwide. He shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl... » more details
ALFRED NOBEL, Chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments, manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite
Alfred Nobel
Born October 21, 1833(1833-10-21)
Stockholm, Sweden
Died December 10, 1896 (aged 63)
Sanremo, Italy
Burial place Norra begravningsplatsen, Stockholm
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Occupation Chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel (help·info) (October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden – December 10, 1896, Sanremo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. He owned Bofors, a major armaments manufacturer, which he had redirected from... » more details
JAMES WATT,Watt steam engine, his contributions to the development of the steam engine
James Watt
Inventor and Mechanical Engineer
Born January 19, 1736(1736-01-19)
Greenock, Firth of Clyde, Scotland
Died August 25, 1819 [1]
Handsworth, Staffordshire, England
James Watt (19 January 1736 – 25 August 1819[1]) was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution.
Biography
James Watt was born on 19 January, 1736 in Greenock, the player survived his childhood in a neighbourhood full with gangsters, guns en drugs. pimpin in his... » more details
NIKOLA TESLA, The Father of Physics, theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current electric power (AC) systems, including the polyphase power distribution systems and the AC motor
Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла) (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was an inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer. Born in Smiljan, Croatian Krajina, Austrian Empire, he was an ethnic Serb subject of the Austrian Empire and later became an American citizen. Tesla is best known for many revolutionary contributions in the field of electricity and magnetism in the late... » more details
ALESSANDRO VOLTA, Known for Invention of the electric cell, battery= two or more cells,perfected the electrophorus, an instrument that produced charges of static electricity.
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
(1745-1827)
Born February 18, 1745(1745-02-18)
Como, Duchy of Milan
Died March 5, 1827 (aged 82)
Como, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
Fields Physicist
Known for Invention of the electric cell, battery= two or more cells, perfected the electrophorus, an instrument that produced charges of static electricity.
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (February 18, 1745 – March 5, 1827) was a Lombard physicist known especially for... » more details
CHARLES WHEATSTONE,development of telegraphy, development of the Wheatstone bridge
Charles Wheatstone
British scientist and inventor
Born February 6, 1802(1802-02-06)
Gloucester, England
Died October 19, 1875 (aged 73)
Paris, France
Sir Charles Wheatstone, FRS (February 6, 1802 - October 19, 1875), was a British scientist and inventor of many scientific breakthroughs of the Victorian era, including the English concertina, the stereoscope (a device for displaying three-dimensional images), and the Playfair cipher (an encryption technique). However, Wheatstone is best known for his contributions in the development of the Wheatstone bridge, originally invented by Samuel Hunter Christie,... » more details
EVANGELISTA TORRICELI, Womans inventors, Torricelli\'s equation , Fundamental Theorem of Calculus also known as Torricelli-Barrow Theorem, invention of the barometer,
Evangelista Torricelli
Evangelista Torricelli portrayed on the frontpage of Lezioni d\'Evangelista Torricelli.Evangelista Torricelli (Listen to the pronunciation (help·info)) (October 15, 1608 – October 25, 1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer.
Biography
Torricelli was born in Faenza, then part of the Papal States. He was left fatherless at an early age and educated under the care of his uncle, a Camaldolese monk, who first... » more details
Isaac Singer, He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
Portrait of Isaac Merritt Singer by Edward Harrison May (1869).Isaac Merritt Singer (October 26, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an inventor, actor, and entrepreneur. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
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Early years
Isaac Singer was born in Pittstown, New York, on October 27, 1811. He was the last born child of Adam Singer and... » more details
BLAISE PASCAL, applied sciences where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators, the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalizing the work of Evangelista Torricelli
Blaise Pascal (pronounced [blɛz paskal]), (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators, the study of fluids, and... » more details
