List of inventions named after people
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This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whom it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies.
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[edit] A to F
- Appertization – Nicolas Appert
- Aldis lamp – Arthur C. W. Aldis
- Aldrin – Kurt Alder
- Alexanderson alternator – Ernst Alexanderson
- Archimedes' screw – Archimedes
- Anderson shelter – John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
- Anderton Shearer Loader – James Anderton
- Argand lamp – Aimé Argand
- Armstrong's acid – Henry Edward Armstrong
- Austenite – William Chandler Roberts-Austen
- Armstrong breech-loading gun – William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
- Bailey bridge – Donald Bailey
- Barlow lens, Barlow's wheel – Peter Barlow
- Bath Oliver – William Oliver
- Bakelite – Leo Baekeland
- Beaufort scale - Sir Francis Beaufort
- Beecham's Pills – Thomas Beecham
- Belisha beacon – Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha
- Benson raft – Simon Benson
- Bessemer converter – Henry Bessemer
- Bird's Custard – Alfred Bird
- Biro – László Bíró
- Blacker Bombard – Stewart Blacker
- Bloomers – Amelia Bloomer
- Botts' dots – Elbert Dysart Botts
- Bowie knife – James Bowie
- Bowden cable – Ernest Monnington Bowden
- Bowler hat – Thomas and William Bowler
- Bradshaw's Railway Guide – George Bradshaw
- Brannock Device – Charles F. Brannock
- Braille – Louis Braille
- Bramah Press – Joseph Bramah
- Bourdon gauge – Eugene Bourdon
- M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle – John Browning
- Büchner flask – Ernst Büchner
- Brougham – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
- Bunsen burner – Robert Bunsen
- Callanetics – Callan Pinckney
- Cardigan – James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
- Carnot cycle, Carnot heat engine – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
- Catherine Wheel – Catherine of Alexandria
- Clerihew – Edmund Clerihew Bentley
- Coade stone – Eleanor Coade
- Codd-neck bottle – Hiram Codd
- Colt revolver – Samuel Colt
- Coffey still – Aeneas Coffey
- Congreve rocket - Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet
- Crookes tube – William Crookes
- Crompton's mule – Samuel Crompton
- 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
- Derringer – Henry Deringer
- Derrick – Thomas Derrick
- Dewar flask – James Dewar
- Diesel engine – Rudolf Diesel
- Dimroth condenser – Otto Dimroth
- Dr. Martens – Klaus Märtens
- Dolby noise-reduction system – Ray Dolby
- Doppler radar – Christian Doppler
- Draisine – Karl Drais
- Edison screw – Thomas Edison
- Éolienne Bollée – Ernest Sylvain Bollée
- Ericsson engine – John Ericsson
- Erlenmeyer flask – Emil Erlenmeyer
- Euclidean geometry – Euclid
- Faraday cage – Michael Faraday
- Ferris wheel – George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
- 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
[edit] G to M
- IMI Galil – Yisrael Galil
- Gallup Poll – George Gallup
- Galvanometer, Galvanic cell – Luigi Galvani
- Gatling gun – Richard Jordan Gatling
- Gatso cameras – Maus Gatsonides
- Geiger counter – Hans Geiger
- Geiger–Müller tube – Hans Geiger and Walther Müller
- M1 Garand – John Garand
- Gillette safety razor – King Camp Gillette
- Gladstone bag – William Ewart Gladstone
- Glauber's salt – Johann Rudolf Glauber
- Gore-Tex – Bill Gore
- Graham condenser – Thomas D. Graham
- Graham cracker – Rev Sylvester Graham
- Guillotine – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
- Halkett boat – Peter Halkett
- Hallidie ropeway – Andrew Smith Hallidie
- Halligan bar – Hugh Halligan
- Hammond organ – Laurens Hammond
- Heimlich Maneuver – Henry Heimlich
- Hele-Shaw clutch – Henry Selby Hele-Shaw
- Henry rifle – Benjamin Tyler Henry
- Higgins boat – Andrew Higgins
- Hoover – William Henry Hoover
- Horsley–Clarke apparatus – Victor Horsley and Robert H. Clarke
- Horstmann suspension – Sidney Horstmann
- Hutchinson Patent Stopper – Charles G. Hutchinson
- Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi
- Jacquard loom – Joseph Marie Jacquard
- Josephson junction – Brian David Josephson
- Kalashnikov – Mikhail Kalashnikov
- Kaplan turbine – Viktor Kaplan
- Kay's flying shuttle – John Kay
- Kelvin bridge – William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
- Kilner jar – John Kilner
- Kipp's apparatus – Petrus Jacobus Kipp
- Krarup cable – Carl Emil Krarup
- Land Camera – Edwin H. Land
- Langmuir probe – Irving Langmuir
- Leigh light – Humphrey de Verd Leigh
- Leotard – Jules Léotard
- Leslie speaker – Donald Leslie
- Lewis Gun – Isaac Newton Lewis
- Littlejohn adaptor – František Janeček
- Loganberry – James Harvey Logan
- Macadam, Tarmac – John Loudon McAdam
- Mae West – Mae West
- Machmeter – Ernst Mach
- Mackintosh – Charles Macintosh
- Mansard roof – François Mansart
- Marconi rig – Guglielmo Marconi
- Mason jar – John Landis Mason
- Mausoleum – Mausolus
- Maxim gun – Hiram Stevens Maxim
- McCormick reaper – Cyrus McCormick
- Mercator projection – Gerardus Mercator
- Mercerised cotton – John Mercer
- Michelson interferometer – Albert Abraham Michelson
- Mills bomb – William Mills
- Newtonian telescope – Isaac Newton
- Peach Melba, Melba toast, Melba sauce – Nellie Melba
- Melvillade – Robert Melville
- Molotov cocktail – Vyacheslav Molotov
- Moog synthesizer – Robert Moog
- Morse code – Samuel Morse
- Muntz metal – George Frederic Muntz
[edit] N to S
- Napier's bones – John Napier
- Newcomen steam engine – Thomas Newcomen
- Nissen hut – Peter Norman Nissen
- Northrop Loom – James Henry Northrop
- Ostwald viscometer – Wilhelm Ostwald
- Owen submachine gun – Evelyn Owen
- Ormerod link – Edward Ormerod
- Pavlova – Anna Pavlova
- Pasteurization – Louis Pasteur
- Patchett gun – George William Patchett
- Payne's grey – William Payne
- Peavey – Joseph Peavey
- Pelton turbine – Lester Allan Pelton
- Penning trap – Frans Michel Penning
- Petri dish – Julius Richard Petri
- Pilates – Joseph Pilates
- Pinchbeck – Christopher Pinchbeck
- Pintsch gas – Julius Pintsch
- Phillips screw – Henry F. Phillips
- Pitman shorthand – Isaac Pitman
- Pitot tube – Henri Pitot
- Plimsoll line – Samuel Plimsoll
- Pulaski – Ed Pulaski
- Pupin coil – Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin
- Prusik – Karl Prusik
- Raman spectroscopy – C. V. Raman
- Rawlplug – John Joseph Rawlings
- Richter magnitude scale – Charles Francis Richter
- Rorschach test – Hermann Rorschach
- Rubik's Cube – Ernő Rubik
- Rumford fireplace – Benjamin Thompson
- Prince Rupert's Drop – Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- Salk vaccine – Jonas Salk
- Salter's duck – Stephen Salter
- Sam Browne belt – Sam Browne
- Sandwich – Earl of Sandwich
- Saxophone – Adolphe Sax
- Scavenger's daughter - Leonard Skeffington (or Skevington)
- Scheele's Green – Carl Wilhelm Scheele
- Shrapnel shell – Henry Shrapnel
- Schick test – Béla Schick
- Sousaphone – John Philip Sousa
- Soyer stove – Alexis Soyer
- Spragg Bag – Terry Spragg
- Stabinger viscometer – Hans Stabinger
- Stanhope (carriage) – Henry FitzRoy Stanhope
- Stark spectroscopy – Johannes Stark
- Stelzer engine – Frank Stelzer
- Sten – Reginald V. Shepherd, Harold Turpin, Enfield
- Stetson – John Batterson Stetson
- Stiefografie – Helmut Stief
- Stillson wrench – Daniel Chapman Stillson
- Stirling engine – Rev. Robert Stirling
- Stockbridge damper – George H. Stockbridge
- Stokes mortar – Wilfred Stokes
- Strowger switch – Almon Brown Strowger
[edit] T to Z
- Thompson submachine gun – John T. Thompson
- Tesla coil, Tesla turbine – Nikola Tesla
- Theremin – Léon Theremin
- Ubbelohde viscometer – Leo Ubbelohde
- Uzi – Uziel Gal
- Venn diagram – John Venn
- Vernier scale – Pierre Vernier
- Very pistol, Very flare – Edward Wilson Very
- Vigreux column – Henri Vigreux
- Voltaic pile – Alessandro Volta
- Wagner tuba – Richard Wagner
- Wankel engine – Felix Wankel
- Wardian case – Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward
- Waterhouse stop – John Waterhouse
- Watt's linkage – James Watt
- Wedgwood porcelain – Wedgwood family
- Wellington boot – Duke of Wellington
- Wells turbine - Alan Arthur Wells
- Westinghouse air brake – George Westinghouse
- Weston cell – Edward Weston
- Wheatstone bridge – Charles Wheatstone
- Winchester rifle – Oliver Winchester
- Whitworth thread – Joseph Whitworth
- Wiegand wire – John R. Wiegand
- Wilson chamber – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
- Windsor knot – Edward VII of the United Kingdom
- Wollaston wire – William Hyde Wollaston
- Woodruff key – W. N. Woodruff
- Wood's glass – Robert W. Wood
- Yablochkov candle – Pavel Yablochkov
- Yale lock – Linus Yale, Jr.
- Zamboni – Frank Zamboni
- Zamboni pile – Giuseppe Zamboni
- Zeppelin – Ferdinand von Zeppelin
