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Famous Inventors : A to Z

Research the history of famous inventors - past and present.

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Rusi Taleyarkhan

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Donalee L Tabern

Donalee Tabern received a patent for the general anesthetic, Pentothal.

Rusi Taleyarkhan

Rusi Taleyarkhan and team invented a bubble fusion reactor. Taleyarkhan has also invented variable velocity bullets used in a futuristic stun gun. See Also - Rusi Taleyarkhan Variable Velocity Bullets

Toyoichi Tanaka

Toyoichi Tanaka received a patent for Smart Gels, a synthetic (polyacrylamide) polymer gel with unusual properties.

Ralph Teetor

Unstopped by his blindness, Ralph Teetor invented cruise control.

Edward Teller

In 1951, Edward Teller and team built the super hydrogen bomb and worked on the earlier atomic bomb in 1939.

Thomas Telford

Built the great highways in North Wales and the Scottish Highlands through districts formerly almost inaccessible.

Lewis Temple

The toggle iron harpoon was designed in 1848 by Lewis Temple, this was the standard harpoon used in American whaling from the mid-19th through the early 20th centuries.

Nikola Tesla

He invented an AC motor and transformer, X-Ray technology, a vacuum tube amplifier and the Tesla Coil. Nikola Tesla claimed the invention of an electrical generator that would not "consume any fuel". The Supreme Court overturned Marconi's radio patent in 1943, in favor of Tesla's patent. See Also - Nikola Tesla Photos and Inventions

Mark Thatcher

Mark Thatcher invented Teva Sandals.

Valerie Thomas

Received a patent in 1980 for inventing an illusion transmitter.

Benjamin Thompson/Count Rumford

Count Rumford (aka Benjamin Thompson) invented the Rumford fireplace in 1796.

John Thompson

Inventor of the Tommy gun.

John Henry Thompson

Invented lingo programming used in Macromedia Director and Shockwave.

James Thomson

James Thomson was the first scientist to isolate and culture human embryonic stem cells.

Benjamin Tilghman

Benjamin Tilghman received the first British patent for sand blasting equipment in 1870.

Henry Timken

Henry Timken received a patent for the Timken or tapered roller bearings.

Max Tishler

Max Tishler invented methods for synthesizing the essential vitamin B2 and a poultry disease antibiotic.

Charles Townes

Charles Townes invented the Maser (Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission).

Brent Townshend

The 56K modem was invented by Dr. Brent Townshend in 1996.

Evangelista Torricelli

The barometer was invented by Evangelista Torricelli in 1643. The history of the barometer.

Richard Trevithick

The first locomotive in the world was built by Richard Trevithick in 1804.

Ann Tsukamoto

The co-patenter of a process to isolate the human stem cell.

Jethro Tull

Agricultural pioneer who invented the seed drill in 1701.

Earl S Tupper

Earl Tupper invented Tupperware.

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