List of inventors

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This is a list of inventors.

See also: list of scientists, timeline of invention, and inventor.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Thomas Ahearn, inventor of the electric stove in 1892
• Archimedes, (circa 287 BC-212 BC), euclidean geometry
• William George Armstrong -- hydraulic crane, Armstrong breech-loading gun
• Edward Asselbergs, of the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture, invented instant mashed potato flakes

B

• Charles Babbage, (1791-1871) -- Analytical engine
• Leo Baekeland (1863) - (1944) -- plastic
• John Logie Baird, (1888-1946), television
• John Bardeen, (1908-1991) -- co-inventor of the transistor
• Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922) -- telephone
• Karl Benz -- automobile
• Emile Berliner, (1851-1929) -- gramophone
• Henry Bessemer, (1813-1898) -- Bessemer process
• Tim Berners-Lee -- World Wide Web
• Walter Houser Brattain, (born 1902), co-inventor of the transistor
• Louis Braille, (1809-1852)
• Edwin Beard Budding, (1795-1846) -- lawnmower and adjustable spanner
• Robert Bunsen, (1811-1899), chemist