Important Inventors & their Inventions (Inventors name in alphabetical order-) 1. Bruno Abakanowicz, (1852–1900) Poland– Integraph, spirograph 2. Vitaly Abalakov, (1906–1986), Russia – camming devices, Abalakov thread (or V-thread) gearless ice climbing anchor 3. Hovannes Adamian, (1879–1932), Armenia/Russia – tricolor principle of the color television 4. Robert Adler, (1913–2007), Austria/United States – wireless remote control (with Eugene Polley) 5. Anatoly Alexandrov, (1903–1994), Russia – anti-mine demagnetising of ships, naval nuclear reactors (including one for the first nuclear icebreaker) 6. Alexandre Alexeieff, (1901–1982) Russia/France – pinscreen animation (with his wife Claire Parker) 7. Rostislav Alexeyev, (1916–1980), Russia – ekranoplan 8. Zhores Alferov, (1930), Russia – heterotransistor, continuous-wave-operating diode laser (together with Dmitri Garbuzov) 9. Genrich Altshuller, (1926–1998), Russia – TRIZ (The Theory of Solving Inventors Problems) 10. Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe, (1872–1931), Germany – Gyrocompass 11. Mary Anderson, (1866–1953), United States – windshield wiper blade 12. Vasily Andreyev, (1861–1918), Russia – standard balalaika 13. Oleg Antonov, (1906–1984), Russia – An-series aircraft, including A-40 winged tank and An-124 (the largest serial cargo, later modified to worlds largest fixed-wing aircraft An-225) 14. Nicolas Appert, (1749–1841), France – canning (airtight food preservation) 15. Archimedes, (c. 287–212 BC), Greece – Archimedes screw 16. Ami Argand, (1750–1803), France – Argand lamp 17. Edwin Howard Armstrong, (1890–1954), U.S. – FM radio 18. William George Armstrong, (1810–1900), UK – hydraulic accumulator 19. Neil Arnott, (1788–1874), UK – waterbed 20. Lev Artsimovich, (1909–1973), Russia – tokamak 21. Joseph Aspdin, (1788–1855), UK – Portland cement 22. John Vincent Atanasoff, (1903–1995), Bulgaria/U.S. – modern digital computer
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