15 Inventions that are named after their creators

Modern life is a real challenge, but it is possible to make the most of it thanks to all the inventors who have dedicated themselves to creating mechanisms to make it more pleasant and safer. Several notable scientists or even ordinary people managed to leave their legacy to history, with inventions ranging from the pasteurization process, a mechanism to improve photography, to the braille system. And the curious thing is that some of these discoveries bear the name of their creators.

Today the awesome.club brings in this post a list of things that are part of our everyday life and that were named after their inventors. Good reading!

Caesar salad was created in Tijuana, Mexico by a restaurant owner and chef Italian Caesar Cardini. It consists of a mixture of romaine lettuce and croutons with lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, anchovies, garlic, mustard, parmesan cheese and black pepper.

The pasteurization process known today is strongly linked to dairy products, however, it was created by the wine industry to preserve the drink for longer. Its creator, Louis Pasteur, demonstrated with this process that, by heating sealed liquids, it was possible to control the fermentation process. Thus, his name went down in history.

The zeppelin (or zeppelin) was a type of airship made with a rigid structure, which depended on the internal pressure of helium gas to fly. German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin patented it in 1895 and created a profitable company named after him. The zeppelin was capable of transatlantic flights.

Jacuzzi was already the name of a family business that manufactured airplanes and hydraulic pumps, but it was only because Candido Jacuzzi decided to connect small air pumps to the bathtub in his house that his surname went down in history. Today there are several types of hot tubs, but the invention is still called a Jacuzzi.

The daguerreotype was the first attempt to bring photography to ordinary people. It was developed in 1839 by Louis Daguerre (the photo above is a daguerreotype of Daguerre). The images were printed directly onto a plate of silver, copper or other metal with a silver bath, forming a mirror-like surface.

The galvanizing process consists of covering a metal with another, identifying its electrical charges and is widely used in pipes. In addition to the galvanizing process, the galvanic cells, the galvanometer and a crater on the Moon are also named after their inventor Luigi Galvani.

It is one of the containers widely used in chemistry, due to its versatility and because it can be used in several procedures that require prolonged heating. It was invented in 1861 by Emil Erlenmeyer, a chemist who has several discoveries in the discipline of organic chemistry.

This invention has a particularity, its name changes depending on the language. For almost everyone, this is an Argand lamp, as it was invented by the Swiss physicist Aimé Argand. However, after making some improvements in 1783, Antoine Quinquet introduced the invention in France under his name, also becoming known as quinqué.

In 1857, Robert Bunsen created a very simple and practical way to transmit heat in an efficient and adjustable way. The invention is widely used in laboratories and uses the mixture of flammable gases with the regulation of the air intake.

This is one of the most life-saving inventions, as it consists of an early test for cancer detection. Greek physician Georgios Papanicolaou pioneered cytology, providing a valuable resource for humanity.

Cobb salad, very popular in Hollywood, was created in 1937 at the Brown Derby restaurant. Robert H. Cobb prepared this dish unpretentiously, but it soon became very popular in California and had to be added to the menu.

This instrument was invented by Adolphe Sax in the early 1840s, who was a successful manufacturer of musical instruments. The rise of the saxophone would come almost a century later with the emergence of jazz in 1920.

The Braille (or Braille) system was created in the 19th century by Louis Braille. Braille characters were small rectangular blocks, called cells, that contain tiny, palpable bumps, called raised dots. The number and arrangement of these dots distinguish the characters from one another. It is a tactile and efficient reading and writing system, which is why it has been used by people who are blind or have low vision. Today, it is used worldwide by major transportation systems.

Before, it was very difficult to take pictures because it required long exposure times, and without moving. But that was until the invention of the Petzval lens, created by the Hungarian mathematician Joseph Maximilian Petzval. Thanks to them, it was possible to reduce the exposure time by a third.

The theremin (or theremin) is the first simple electronic musical instrument. The creator, Léon Theremin, patented it in 1928. The instrument is controlled by means of two metal antennas, which sense the position of the musician’s hands and control oscillators of frequency and amplitude (volume), so there is no need to play on the instrument. The theremin’s electrical signals are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker.

The case of X-rays is curious, because they were initially called “X”, alluding to their unknown origin. Subsequently, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen won the Nobel Prize and went on to call them Röntgen rays, but the initial name continued to make more sense to the public.

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