Inventors

Inventors in history

  • social darwinism

    social darwinism

    the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.
  • Elisha Otis

    Elisha Otis

    Invented first elevator safety brake
  • gustavus Swift

    gustavus Swift

    founder of a meat packaging company.
  • Christopher Sholes

    Christopher Sholes

    Invented the typewriter.
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell

    Invented the first telephone.
  • Joel Tiffany

    Joel Tiffany

    Invented the dish washer and the refrigerated railcar company.
  • F.W. Woolworth

    F.W. Woolworth

    Invented the turbojet engine.
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison

    Succesfully tested and patented the first practical electric light bulb. Humphrey Davy invented the first light bulb but it was not practical.
  • John D. Rockefeller

    John D. Rockefeller

    Founder of Standard oil company
  • George Eastman

    George Eastman

    Invented the roll film and the camera.
  • Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie

    was a major investor in the steel industry
  • Macy's

    Macy's

    Isidor Straus and Rowland Hussey Macy founded the store Macy's
  • Ottmar Mergenthaler

    Ottmar Mergenthaler

    Invented the Linotype for printing newspapers.