List of New Zealand inventors
The following is a list of New Zealand inventors and inventions.
- Godfrey Bowen – developer of an improved sheep-shearing technique
- John Britten – designer of the Britten motorcycle
- Thomas Brydone and William Soltau Davidson – refrigerated shipping pioneers
- Morton Coutts – invented the revolutionary continuous fermentation method of brewing
- Bill Gallagher – developer of the electric fence and founder of Gallagher Group Limited
- A J Hackett – creator of commercial Bungy jumping
- Bill Hamilton – developed the modern jetboat
- Frederick Melrose Horowhenua Hanson – inventor of chipseal, known in New Zealand as tar seal
- John Ashley Hart – inventor of the thermette (Benghasi Boiler)
- Len Light – invented the EasyYo do-it-yourself yoghurt maker[1]
- Peter Lynn – leading kitemaker, aeronautical theoretician and inventor of the tipping blade portable sawmill
- Colin Murdoch – inventor of the disposable syringe and the tranquilliser gun
- Richard Pearse – aviation pioneer
- Bill Pickering (rocket scientist) – rocketry and space pioneer, former NASA Jet Propulsion Lab director
- Alan Pritchard – pioneer of aerial topdressing
- Bill Robinson (scientist) – inventor of the lead rubber bearing used for seismic base isolation in earthquake engineering
- Daniel Thomson – inventor of the "Circuband" which is used for exercise and physiotherapy[2]
References
- ^ "Easy Yo – Len Light". Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ Mitchell, Charlie (31 January 2015). "Inventor embraces digital tools". Stuff.
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