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The following is a list of
New Zealand
inventors and inventions.
Godfrey Bowen
– developer of an improved
sheep-shearing
technique
[1]
John Britten
– designer of the
Britten motorcycle
[2]
Thomas Brydone
and
William Soltau Davidson
–
refrigerated shipping
pioneers
[3]
Morton Coutts
– invented the
continuous fermentation
method of brewing
[4]
Bill Gallagher
– developer of the
electric fence
and founder of
Gallagher Group Limited
[5]
Ernest Godward
– inventor of the
eggbeater
[6]
A. J. Hackett
– popularised of commercial
Bungy
jumping
[7]
Bill Hamilton
– developed the modern
jetboat
[8]
Frederick Hanson
– inventor of
chipseal
, known in New Zealand as tar seal
[
citation needed
]
Peter Lynn
– leading kitemaker, aeronautical theoretician and inventor of the tipping blade
portable sawmill
[
citation needed
]
Colin Murdoch
– inventor of the
disposable syringe
and the
tranquilliser gun
[9]
Richard Pearse
– aviation pioneer
[10]
Bill Pickering
– rocketry and space pioneer, former NASA Jet Propulsion Lab director
Alan Prichard
– pioneer of
aerial topdressing
Bill Robinson
– inventor of the lead rubber bearing used for
seismic base isolation
in
earthquake engineering
References
^
"Godfrey Bowen | NZHistory, New Zealand history online"
.
nzhistory.govt.nz
.
Archived
from the original on 28 March 2023
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
^
Staff reporter (7 February 2023).
"Motorcycle Mecca's Britten exhibit now largest on display worldwide"
.
Stuff
.
Archived
from the original on 10 February 2023
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
^
"First frozen meat shipment leaves New Zealand"
.
nzhistory.govt.nz
.
Archived
from the original on 31 March 2023
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
^
"THE CONTINUOUS BREWING OF BEER"
(PDF)
.
New Zealand Institute of Chemistry
.
Archived
(PDF)
from the original on 11 October 2023
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
^
"Gallagher, Alfred William"
.
Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand
.
Archived
from the original on 9 June 2023
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
^
"Nine inventions by talented Kiwis"
.
NZ Herald
. 11 October 2023.
Archived
from the original on 9 October 2022
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
^
"Bungy jump"
.
Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand
.
Archived
from the original on 23 March 2023
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
^
"Hamilton, Charles William Feilden"
.
Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand
.
Archived
from the original on 29 September 2023
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
^
"Murdoch, Colin Albert"
.
Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand
.
Archived
from the original on 26 September 2023
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
^
"Pearse, Richard William"
.
Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand
.
Archived
from the original on 27 January 2020
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
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