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MARKS OF ESTEEM
INVENTIONS THAT MODIFIED OUR LIFE
| Industrial
Materials |
| Invention |
Date |
Inventor |
Nationality |
| Micrometer
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1636 |
W.
Gascoigne |
English |
| Crucible
steel process |
1740 |
Benjamin
Huntsman |
English |
| Steel
rolling mill |
1783 |
Henry
Cort |
English |
| Electroplating
|
1805 |
Luigi
Brugnatelli |
Italian |
| Miner's
safety lamp |
1815 |
Humphry
Davy |
English |
| Babbitt
metal |
1838 |
Isaac
Babbitt |
American |
| Bessemer
converter |
1851 |
William
Kelly |
American |
| Steel
converter |
1856 |
Henry
Bessemer |
English |
| Open-hearth
steel process |
1858 |
William
Siemens |
British |
| Electric
furnace |
1861 |
William
Siemens |
British |
| Manganese
steel |
1883 |
Robert
Hadfield |
English |
| Aluminum
reduction |
1886 |
Charles
M. Hall***
Paul Heroult*** |
American
French |
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Each worked independently on developing technologies. |
| Thermite
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1895 |
Hans
Goldschmidt |
German |
| Bottle-making
machinery |
1904 |
Michael
J. Owens |
American |
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