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List of inventions named after people

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This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whomever else it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies.

The list

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A to F

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Bailey bridge in Libya
Büchner funnel and flask
A round, white Botts' dot
A Codd bottle
Crompton's mule
Davy lamp
Dr. Martens boots
An Éolienne Bollée
London Eye Ferris wheel

G to M

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A British 1865 Gatling gun
Gladstone bag
Gramme dynamo
Jacquard loom
Mausoleum – The Taj Mahal
Mills bomb
Minié balls
Moog synthesiser

N to S

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Early Odhner Arithmometer
Pavlova dessert
John J. Pershing wearing a Sam Browne belt
Sousaphones in Switzerland
Stanhope gig
Sir Wilfred Stokes with Stokes Mortars

T to Z

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Thompson submachine gun
Etherwave Theremin by Robert Moog
Watt steam engine[27]
Wedgwood blue plate
Winchester rifle, 1886
US Zeppelin

See also

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References

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  26. ^ Oxford English Dictionary Third edition, (2008) online version September 2011, accessed 7 November 2011. An entry for this word was first included in New English Dictionary, 1903.
  27. ^ 3rd edition Britannica 1797
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