看到论坛上某帖说到加拿大这个国家对世界的贡献,于是google了一下,还真是吃了一惊.
Canadian Inventors
Only a small percentage of the great inventions invented by Canadian inventors are listed below.
Canadian Inventors
Only a small percentage of the great inventions invented by Canadian inventors are listed below.
- 5 Pin Bowling A truly Canadian sport invented by T.E. Ryan of Toronto in 1909[
- Able Walker The walker was patented by Norm Rolston in 1986
- Access Bar Patented food bar designed to help burn fat by Dr Larry Wang
- Air-Conditioned Railway Coach Invented by Henry Ruttan in 1858
- Abdominizer The infomercial exercise darling invented by Dennis Colonello in 1984
- AC Radio Tube Invented by Edward Samuels Rogers in 1925
- Acetylene Thomas L. Wilson invented the production process in 1892
- Acetylene Buoy Invented by Thomas L. Wilson in 1904
- Agrifoam Crop Cold Protector Co-invented in 1967 by D. Siminovitch & J. W. Butler
- Analytical Plotter 3D map-making system invented by Uno Vilho Helava in 1957
- Andromonon Three-wheeled vehicle invented in 1851 by Thomas Turnbull
- Anti-Gravity Suit Invented by Wilbur Rounding Franks in 1941, a suit for high altitude jet pilots
- Automatic Foghorn The first steam foghorn was invented by Robert Foulis in 1859
- Automatic Machinery Lubricator One of the many inventions invented by Elijah McCoy
- Automatic Postal Sorter In 1957, Maurice Levy invented a postal sorter that could handle 200,000 letters an hour
- Basketball Invented by James Naismith in 1891
- Bone Marrow Compatibility Test Invented by Barbara Bain in 1960
- Bromine A process to extract was invented by Herbert Henry Dow in 1890
- Calcium Carbide Thomas Leopold Willson invented a process for Calcium Carbide in 1892
- Canada Dry Ginger Ale Invented in 1907 by John A. McLaughlin
- Chocolate Nut Bar Arthur Ganong made the first nickel bar in 1910
- Computerized Braille Invented by Roland Galarneau in 1972
- Creed Telegraph System Fredrick Creed invented a way to convert Morse Code to text in 1900
- Compound Steam Engine Invented by Benjamin Franklin Tibbetts in 1842
- CPR Mannequin invented by Dianne Croteau in 1989
- Electric Car Heater Thomas Ahearn invented the first electric car heater in 1890
- Electric Cooking Range Thomas Ahearn invented the first in 1882
- Electric Light Bulb Henry Woodward invented an electric light bulb in 1874 and sold the patent to Thomas Edison
- Electron Microscope Eli Franklin Burton, Cecil Hall, James Hillier, Albert Prebus co-invented the electron microscope in 1937
- Electric Organ Morse Robb of Belleville, Ontario, patented the world's first electric organ in 1928
- Electric Streetcar John Joseph Wright invented an electric streetcar in 1883
- Fathometer An early form of sonar invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1919
- Film Colourization Invented by Wilson Markle in 1983
- Garbage Bag (polyethylene) Invented by Harry Wasylyk in 1950
- Goalie Mask Invented by Jaques Plante in 1960
- Gramophone Co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell & Emile Berliner in 1889
- Green Ink Currency ink invented by Thomas Sterry Hunt in 1862
- Half-tone Engraving Co-invented by Georges Edouard Desbarats and William Augustus Leggo in 1869
- Heart Pacemaker Invented by Dr. John A. Hopps in 1950
- Hydrofoil Boat Co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin in 1908
- IMax Movie System Co-invented in 1968 by Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, and Robert Kerr
- Instant Mashed Potatos Dehydrated potato flakes were invented by Edward A. Asselbergs in 1962
- Insulin Process Fredrick Banting, J. J. Macleod, Charles Best and Collip invented the process for insulin in 1922
- JAVA Software programming language invented by James Gosling in 1994
- Jetliner The first commercial jetliner to fly in North America was designed by James Floyd in 1949. The first test flight of the Avro Jetliner was on August 10 1949.
- Jolly Jumper Baby's delight invented by Olivia Poole in 1959
- Kerosene Invented by Doctor Abraham Gesner in 1846
- Lawn Sprinkler Another invention made by Elijah McCoy
- Light Bulb Leads Leads made of nickel & iron alloy were invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1892
- Marquis Wheat Invented by Sir Charles E. Saunders in 1908
- McIntosh Apple Invented by John McIntosh in 1796
- Music Synthesizer Invented by Hugh Le Caine in 1945
- Newsprint Invented by Charles Fenerty in 1838
- Odometer Invented by Samuel McKeen in 1854
- Paint Roller invented by Norman Breakey of Toronto in 1940
- Plexiglas Polymerized Methyl Methacrylate invented by William Chalmers in 1931
- Polypump Liquid Dispenser Harold Humphrey made pumpable liquid hand soap possible in 1972
- Portable Film Developing System Invented by Arthur Williams McCurdy in 1890, but he foolishly sold the patent to George Eastman in 1903
- Potato Digger Invented by Alexander Anderson in 1856
- Process to Extract Helium from Natural Gas Invented by Sir John Cunningham McLennan in 1915
- Prosthetic Hand An electric prosthetic invented by Helmut Lucas in 1971
- Quartz Clock Warren Marrison developed the first quartz clock
- R-Theta Navigation System Invented by J.E.G. Wright in 1958
- Radio-Transmitted Voice Invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1904
- Railway Car Brake Invented by George B. Dorey in 1913
- Railway Sleeper Car Invented by Samuel Sharp in 1857
- Robertson Screw Invented by Peter L. Robertson in 1908
- Rotary Blow Molding Machine Plastic bottle maker invented by Gustave Côté in 1966
- Rotary Railroad Snowplow Invented by J.E. Elliott in 1869
- Rubber Shoe Heels Elijah McCoy patented an important improvement to rubber heels in 1879
- Safety Paint A high reflectivity paint invented by Neil Harpham in 1974
- Screw Propeller Ship's propeller invented by John Patch in 1833
- Silicon Chip Blood Analyzer Invented by Imants Lauks in 1986
- SlickLicker Made for cleaning oil spills and patented by Richard Sewell in 1970
- Snowblower Invented by Arthur Sicard in 1925
- Snowmobile Invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1958
- Standard Time Invented by Sir Sanford Fleming in 1878
- Stereo-orthography Map Making System Invented by T.J. Blachut, Stanley Collins in 1965
- Superphosphate Fertilizer Invented by Thomas L. Wilson in 1896
- Synthetic Sucrose Invented by Dr. Raymond Lemieux in 1953
- Television System Reginald A. Fessenden patented a television system in 1927
- Television Camera Invented by F. C. P. Henroteau in 1934
- Telephone Invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876
- Telephone Handset Invented by Cyril Duquet in 1878
- Tone-to-Pulse Converter Invented by Michael Cowpland in 1974
- Trivial Pursuit Invented in 1979 by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott
- Tuck-Away-Handle Beer Carton Invented by Steve Pasjac in 1957
- Undersea Telegraph Cable Invented by Fredrick Newton Gisborne in 1857
- UV-degradable Plastics Invented by Dr. James Guillet in 1971
- Variable Pitch Aircraft Propeller Invented by Walter Rupert Turnbull in 1922
- Walkie-Talkie Invented by Donald L. Hings in 1942
- Wireless Radio Invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1900
- Wirephoto Edward Samuels Rogers invented the first in 1925
- Zipper Invented by Gideon Sundback in 1913
