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.

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The list

A to F

Bailey bridge in Libya Bailey bridge, Wadi el Kuf, Libya.JPG
Bailey bridge in Libya
Buchner funnel and flask Embudo Buchner.jpeg
Büchner funnel and flask
A round, white Botts' dot Round Botts' Dot.jpg
A round, white Botts' dot
A Codd bottle Image-Codd bottle.jpg
A Codd bottle
Crompton's mule Mule-jenny.jpg
Crompton's mule
Davy lamp Davy lamp.png
Davy lamp
Dr. Martens boots Dr Martens, black, old.jpg
Dr. Martens boots
An Eolienne Bollee Roueire Eolienne 1.jpg
An Éolienne Bollée
London Eye Ferris wheel London Eye Twilight April 2006.jpg
London Eye Ferris wheel

G to M

A British 1865 Gatling gun Gatling gun 1865.jpg
A British 1865 Gatling gun
Gladstone bag Gladstone Bag.jpg
Gladstone bag
Gramme dynamo GrammeMachine.jpg
Gramme dynamo
Jacquard loom Jacquard.loom.full.view.jpg
Jacquard loom
Mausoleum - The Taj Mahal Taj Mahal in March 2004.jpg
Mausoleum – The Taj Mahal
Mills bomb Mills Ndeg36 SGM-2.jpg
Mills bomb
Minie balls Minie Balls.jpg
Minié balls
Moog synthesiser Minimoog voyager.jpg
Moog synthesiser

N to S

Early Odhner Arithmometer Odner-arithmometer.jpg
Early Odhner Arithmometer
Pavlova dessert Pavlova dessert.JPG
Pavlova dessert
John J. Pershing wearing a Sam Browne belt John Pershing.jpg
John J. Pershing wearing a Sam Browne belt
Sousaphones in Switzerland Eis-Zwei-Geissebei IMG 8662.JPG
Sousaphones in Switzerland
Stanhope gig Stanhope gig, c 1815-1830.jpg
Stanhope gig
Sir Wilfred Stokes with Stokes Mortars WilfredStokeswithMortar.jpg
Sir Wilfred Stokes with Stokes Mortars

T to Z

Thompson submachine gun Submachine gun M1928 Thompson.jpg
Thompson submachine gun
Etherwave Theremin by Robert Moog Etherwave Theremin Kit.jpg
Etherwave Theremin by Robert Moog
Watt steam engine WattsSteamEngine.jpeg
Watt steam engine
Wedgwood blue plate Wedgwood.jpg
Wedgwood blue plate
Winchester rifle, 1886 WinchesterModel1886cutout.png
Winchester rifle, 1886
US Zeppelin USS Los Angeles moored to USS Patoka, 1931.jpg
US Zeppelin

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