Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
List of inventions named after people
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.
- Archimedes' screw – Archimedes
- Armstrong breech-loading gun – William George Armstrong
- Bakelite – Leo Baekeland
- Barbie doll – after Barbara, daughter of Ruth Handler, creator of Barbie
- Bessemer converter – Henry Bessemer
- Biro, (ballpoint pen) – Laszlo Biro
- Bowie knife – Jim Bowie
- Braille – Louis Braille
- Browning firearms, including the Browning Automatic Rifle – John Browning
- Bunsen burner – Robert Bunsen
- Colt revolver – Samuel Colt
- Daguerreotype – Jacques Daguerre
- Davy lamp – Humphry Davy
- Diesel engine – Rudolf Diesel
- Dolby noise reduction system – Ray Dolby
- Doppler radar – Christian Doppler (see also: Doppler effect)
- Ferris wheel – George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
- Franklin stove – Benjamin Franklin
- Galil assault rifle – Israel Galili
- Gatling gun – Richard J. Gatling
- Geiger counter – Hans Geiger
- Geiger-Mueller tube – Hans Geiger and W. Mueller
- M1 Garand rifle – John Garand
- Gore-Tex – Wilbert Gore
- Guillotine – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin did not invent the guillotine, but proposed the use of the mechanical device to carry out death penalties in France.
- Halligan bar – Hugh Halligan
- Hammond Organ – Laurens Hammond
- Jacquard loom – Joseph Marie Jacquard
- Josephson junction – Brian David Josephson
- The Avtomat Kalashnikova series of weapons, including the AK-47 – Mikhail Kalashnikov
- Mae West inflatable life jacket – named after actress Mae West
- Mason jar – John Mason
- Maxim gun – Hiram Maxim
- Molotov cocktail – invented by the Finnish army, and named after Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet Minister of War
- Moog Synthesizer - – Robert Moog
- Morse code – Samuel Morse
- Pavlova – Anna Pavlova
- Pasteurization – Louis Pasteur
- Raman spectroscopy – C. V. Raman
- Richter magnitude scale – Charles Richter
- Sandwich – Earl of Sandwich
- Saxophone – Adolphe Sax, Belgian music instrument designer
- Shrapnel shell – Henry Shrapnel
- Sousaphone – John Philip Sousa
- Stark spectroscopy – Johannes Stark
- Stirling engine – Rev. Robert Stirling
- Thompson submachine gun – John T. Thompson
- Tesla coil – Nikola Tesla
- Theremin – Leon Theremin
- Uzi submachine gun – Uziel Gal
- Wellington boot – Duke of Wellington
- Westinghouse air brake – George Westinghouse
- Winchester repeating rifle – named after chief investor Oliver F. Winchester
- Zeppelin – Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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