Inventors

Etienne Lenoir (1822–1900),
a Belgian engineer
Этьен Ленуар
internal combustion engine

August Lumière (1862-1954) and Louis Lumière (1864-1948),
French inventors
Огюст и Луи Люмьер
Cinématographe

Charles Macintosh (1766–1843),
a Scottish chemist and inventor
Чарльз Макинтош
waterproof raincoat,
life vest

James Maxwell (1831-1879),
a Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician
Джеймс Максвелл
color photography

Hippolyte Mège-Mouriés
(1817–1880), a French chemist
Ипполит Меж-Мурье
margarine

Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907),
a Russian chemist
Дмитрий Менделеев
Periodic table

Garrett Morgan (1877–1963),
an American inventor
Гаррет Морган
gas mask
traffic signal

Samuel Morse (1791–1872),
an American inventor
Сэмюель Морзе
telegraph

James Naismith (1861–1939),
an American sports coach
Джеймс Найсмит
basketball

Alfred Nobel (1833–1896),
a Swedish scientists
and businessman
Альфред Нобель
dynamite

William Oughtred (1575–1660),
an English mathematician
Уильям Отред
slide rule

Christopher Polhem (1661–1751), a Swedish scientist, inventor
and industrialist
Кристофер Полхем
padlock

Иван Ползунов
the first two-cylinder steam engine
Ivan Polzunov (1728–1766),
a Russian mechanic

George Pullman (1831–1897),
an American inventor
and industrialist
Джордж Пульман
Pullman sleeping car

Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923),
a German physicist
Вильгельм Рентген
X-ray machine

Franz San Galli (1824–1908),
a Russian businessman
Франц Сан-Галли
radiator,
modern central heating

Adolphe Sax (1814–1894),
a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician
Адольф Сакс
saxophone

Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972),
a Russian-born American
aircraft designer
Игорь Сикорский
modern helicopter

Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
(973–1037), Persian scientist
Авиценна
pharmacopoeia, clinical pharmacology, quarantine, cancer surgery, cancer therapy, …

Isaac Singer (1811–1875),
an American inventor
Исаак Зингер
sewing machine

George Stephenson (1781–1848), an English mechanical engineer and inventor
Джордж Стивенсон
steam locomotive

Levi Strauss (1829–1902),
an American merchant
Леви Страус
blue jeans

Joseph Swan (1828–1914),
a British physicist and chemist
Джозеф Свон
incandescent light bulb

Richard Trevithick (1771–1833),
a British mechanical engineer
and inventor
Ричард Тревитик
first full-scale steam locomotive

Percy Spencer (1894–1970),
an American engineer and inventor
Перси Спенсер
microwave oven

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
(1857–1935), an early Russian rocket scientist
Константин Циолковский
spaceflight

Faust Vrančić (1551–1617),
a Croatian inventor
Фауст Вранчич
parachute

James Watt (1736–1819),
a Scottish mechanical engineer
and inventor
Джеймс Ватт
improved steam engine

George Westinghouse (1846–1914), an American entrepreneur
and engineer
Джордж Вестингхаус
air brake (rail)

Orville Wright (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), American engineers and inventors
Уи́лбер и О́рвилл Райт
powered airplane

Артур Уинн
crossword puzzle
Arthur Wynne (1862–1945),
a British editor