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This is a list of
inventions followed by name of the
inventor (or whomever else it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see
Lists of etymologies .
The list
A to F
Bailey bridge in Libya
Büchner funnel and flask
A round, white
Botts' dot
A
Codd bottle
Crompton's mule
Davy lamp
Dr. Martens boots
An
Éolienne Bollée
London Eye
Ferris wheel
Abney level –
William de Wiveleslie Abney
Aldis lamp – Arthur Cyril Webb Aldis
[1]
Aldrin –
Kurt Alder
[2]
Alexanderson alternator –
Ernst Alexanderson
Algorithm –
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
[3]
Anderson shelter –
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
[4]
Anderton Shearer Loader – James Anderton
[5]
Appertization –
Nicolas Appert
Archimedes' screw –
Archimedes
Argand lamp –
Aimé Argand
[6]
Armstrong breech-loading gun –
William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
Armstrong's acid –
Henry Edward Armstrong
[7]
Austenite –
William Chandler Roberts-Austen
[8]
Auston switch -
David H. Auston
Avtomat Kalashnikova (AK-47) –
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Bailey bridge –
Donald Bailey
Bakelite –
Leo Baekeland
Barker code -
Ronald Hugh Barker
Barlow lens -
Barlow's wheel –
Peter Barlow
[9]
Bath Oliver –
William Oliver
Beaufort scale –
Sir Francis Beaufort
Beecham's Pills –
Thomas Beecham
Belisha beacon –
Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha
Benedict's reagent –
Stanley Rossiter Benedict
[10]
Benson raft –
Simon Benson
[11]
Bessemer converter –
Henry Bessemer
Billinghurst Requa Battery – William Billinghurst and Josephus Requa
Birch gun –
Noel Birch
[12]
Bird's Custard –
Alfred Bird
Biro –
László Bíró *
Blacker Bombard –
Stewart Blacker
Bloomers –
Amelia Bloomer
Botts' dots –
Elbert Dysart Botts
Bourdon gauge –
Eugène Bourdon
Bowden cable –
Ernest Monnington Bowden
Bowie knife –
James Bowie
Bowler hat – Thomas and William Bowler
Bradshaw's Railway Guide –
George Bradshaw
Braille –
Louis Braille
Bramah Press –
Joseph Bramah
Brannock device –
Charles F. Brannock
Brennan torpedo –
Louis Brennan
[13]
Brougham –
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle –
John Browning
Büchner funnel ,
Büchner flask –
Ernst Büchner
Bunsen burner –
Robert Bunsen
Burr Arch Truss –
Theodore Burr
[14]
Callanetics –
Callan Pinckney
Cardigan –
James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
Carnot cycle ,
Carnot heat engine –
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
Cassegrain telescope –
Laurent Cassegrain
Catherine Wheel –
Catherine of Alexandria
Chippendale chair ,
Chippendale furniture –
Thomas Chippendale
Clerihew –
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Coade stone –
Eleanor Coade
Codd-neck bottle –
Hiram Codd
Coddington magnifier –
Henry Coddington
Colt revolver –
Samuel Colt
Coffey still –
Aeneas Coffey
Congreve rocket –
Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet
Crompton's mule –
Samuel Crompton
Crookes tube –
William Crookes
[15]
Cunningham –
Briggs Cunningham
Daguerreotype –
Louis Daguerre
Dalén light –
Gustaf Dalén
Daly detector – Norman Richard Daly
Daniell cell –
John Frederic Daniell
Davenport desk – Captain John Davenport
Davis Gun – Cleland Davis
Davy lamp –
Humphry Davy
Derrick –
Thomas Derrick
Derringer –
Henry Deringer
Dewar flask –
James Dewar
Diesel engine ,
diesel fuel –
Rudolf Diesel
Dimroth condenser –
Otto Dimroth
Divers's solution –
Edward Divers
Dr. Martens – Klaus Märtens
Dolby noise-reduction system –
Ray Dolby
Doppler radar –
Christian Doppler
Draisine –
Karl Drais
Edison effect (
Thermionic emission ) –
Thomas Edison
Edison screw –
Thomas Edison
Ehrlich's reagent –
Paul Ehrlich
Éolienne Bollée – Ernest Sylvain Bollée
Ericsson engine –
John Ericsson
Erlenmeyer flask –
Emil Erlenmeyer
Euclidean geometry –
Euclid
Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife –
William Ewart Fairbairn and
Eric Anthony Sykes
Faraday cage –
Michael Faraday
Farrimond friction hitch –
Barry Farrimond
Ferris wheel –
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
Flinders bar –
Matthew Flinders
Foley catheter –
Frederic Foley
Foucault pendulum –
Léon Foucault
Francis turbine –
James B. Francis
Franklin stove –
Benjamin Franklin
Fresnel lens –
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Friedrichs condenser –
Fritz Walter Paul Friedrichs
Frost Airship Glider –
William Frost
G to M
A British 1865
Gatling gun
Gladstone bag
Gramme dynamo
Jacquard loom
Mausoleum – The
Taj Mahal
Mills bomb
Minié balls
Moog synthesiser
N to S
Early
Odhner Arithmometer
Pavlova dessert
John J. Pershing wearing a
Sam Browne belt
Sousaphones in Switzerland
Stanhope gig
Sir Wilfred Stokes with
Stokes Mortars
T to Z
Thompson submachine gun
Etherwave Theremin by
Robert Moog
Watt steam engine
[27]
Wedgwood blue plate
Winchester rifle, 1886
US
Zeppelin
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