A-Z Of Objects/Things/Places Named After People

[herringthorpe]

This can be anything at all named after any real or imaginary person

A ALDIS Lamp - named after Arthur Cyril Webb Aldi. It's a signal lamp first used in the late 1800s and still used on naval vessels today.

 

[Lindum]

B - Bismarck. German battleship of WW2 named after the first chancellor of a united Germany, Otto von Bismarck. Featured in Kenneth More film, Sink the Bismarck!

 

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Alternative B (since I am struggling to think of a C!) BAILEY BRIDGE - a portable bridge invented by Donald Bailey and used extensively during WW2.

 

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C - Celsius/centigrade temperature scale, invented by Swedish astronomer Anders CELSIUS

 

[herringthorpe]

D DAVY Lamp - named after Sir Humphrey Davy and was invented to help in coal mines and reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of gasses such as methane.

 

[Lindum]

E - Edison Screw. A standard light bulb fitting invented by Thomas Edison and licenced from 1909 under General Electric's Mazda brand.

 

[herringthorpe]

F The Huck FINN Jubilee - a Bluegrass festival which takes place in Southern California in October and named after the Mark Twain character Huckleberry Finn.

 

[Lindum]

G - Georgia. US state named after King George II.

 

[herringthorpe]

H HAMMOND Organ - named after American Laurens Hammond. An electric organ which has things not often found on other organs keyboards such as a synthesizer. I believe, though don't know for sure, that there was one in Clifton Methodist Church.

 

[Lindum]

I - The Inglis Bridge. Reusable steel bridge invented by Charles Inglis in WW1 and a precursor of the Bailey Bridge (see Sixpence's B above)

 

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J - JACUZZI - invented by the father of Kenneth Jacuzzi to help ease Kenneth, his disabled son’s pain.

(Thanks Gordon!)

 

[Lindum]

K - Kilner Jar. Rubber-sealed glass jar used for bottling and preserving food invented by Yorkshireman John Kilner.

 

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L - Leotard - made famous by French acrobat Jules Leotard in the 1800s

 

[Lindum]

L - Leotard - made famous by French acrobat Jules Leotard in the 1800s

Never knew that.

 

[Lindum]

M - Mac or Mackintosh. Waterproof coat invented by Charles Mackintosh. The material was made waterproof by cementing two layers of fabric with a solution of rubber dissolved in coal-tar naptha.

 

[herringthorpe]

N NECOMEN Steam Engine - invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. Did a history paper about him at school, but that's the only bit of information I can remember - and I had to look him up to find the date. I do remember the Engine worked on a principle of condensing steam and were used to pump water out of mines.

 

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O - Owen machine gun invented by Australian Evelyn Owen in 1938 and used in WW2.

 

[Lindum]

P - Pretoria. Administrative capital of South Africa, founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius and named for his father, Andries Pretorius.

 

[mikemiller]

Q QUEEN ANNE CHAIRS/FURNITURE - famous for their cabriole legs, mimicking the curvature of an animal's leg.

 

[herringthorpe]

R RUBIK'S Cube - named after Hungarian Emo Rubik. A puzzle that became popular in the 80's. (The only way I could do it was to take the stickers off (it was a cheap one!) and put them back on where I needed them to go!)