Inventors
Made
In Canada - Canadian Inventors and Inventions
By
Mary
Bellis
The history of invention in Canada
has followed a long and noble path. Canadian inventors have patented more
than one million inventions, yet few people can name more than one or two
Canadian inventors or any Canadian accomplishments.
"Our innovators have
given novelty, variety, and colour to our lives with their great practical
gifts, and the world would be an exceedingly boring and grey place without
their vitality." - author Roy Mayer from his book Inventing Canada
Canadian Inventions
Only a small percentage of the great
inventions invented by Canadian inventors are listed below.
5
Pin Bowling
...a truly Canadian sport invented by T.E. Ryan of
Toronto in 1909
Able Walker ...the walker
was patented by Norm Rolston in 1986
Access Bar ...patented food bar designed
to help burn fat by Dr
Larry Wang
Air-Conditioned Railway Coach
...invented by Henry Ruttan in 1858
Abdominizer
...the infomercial exercise darling invented by Dennis Colonello in 1984
AC Radio Tube
..invented by
Edward Samuels Rogers in 1925
Acetylene
...Thomas L. Wilson
invented the production process in 1892
Acetylene
Buoy
...invented by Thomas L. Wilson in 1904
Agrifoam Crop Cold Protector
...co-invented in 1967 by D. Siminovitch & J. W. Butler
Analytical Plotter
...a 3d
map making system invented by Uno Vilho Helava in 1957
Andromonon
...a 3 wheeled
vehicle invented in 1851 by Thomas Turnbull
Anti-Gravity
Suit
...invented by Wilbur Rounding Franks in 1941, a suit for
high altitude jet pilots
Automatic
Foghorn ...the first steam foghorn was invented by Robert
Foulis in 1859
Automatic
Machinery Lubricator ...one of the many inventions invented
by Elijah McCoy, the "Real McCoy"
Automatic
Postal Sorter ...in 1957, Maurice Levy invented a postal
sorter that could handle 200,000 letters an hour
Basketball
...invented by James Naismith in 1891
Bone Marrow Compatibility Test
...invented by Barbara Bain in 1960
Bromine
...a process to extract was invented by Herbert Henry Dow in 1890
Calcium
Carbide
...in 1892, Thomas Leopold Willson invented a process for
Calcium Carbide
Canada
Dry Ginger Ale ...invented in 1907 by John A. McLaughlin
Chocolate
Nut Bar
...Arthur Ganong made the first nickel bar in 1910
Computerized Braille
...invented
by Roland Galarneau in 1972
Creed
Telegraph System ..in 1900, Fredrick Creed invented a way
to convert Morse Code to text
Compound
Steam Engine
...invented by Benjamin Franklin Tibbetts in 1842
CPR Mannequin ...invented
by Dianne Croteau in 1989.
Electric Car Heater
...Thomas
Ahearn invented the first electric car heater in 1890
Electric Cooking Range
...Thomas Ahearn invented the first in 1882
Electric
Light Bulb
...Henry Woodward invented the electric light bulb in
1874 and sold the patent to Thomas Edison
Electron
Microscope
...Eli Franklin Burton, Cecil Hall, James Hillier, Albert
Prebus co-invented the electron microscope in 1937
Electric
Organ
...Morse Robb of Belleville, Ontario, patented the world's
first electric organ in 1928
Electric Streetcar
- Invented
by John Joseph Wright in 1883
Fathometer
...An early form of sonar invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1919
Film
Colourization
...invented by Wilson Markle in 1983
Garbage
Bag
...(polyethylene) invented by Harry Wasylyk in 1950
Goalie
Mask
...invented by Jaques Plante in 1960
Gramophone
...co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell & Emile Berliner in 1889
Green Ink
...currency or greenbacks
ink invented by Thomas Sterry Hunt in 1862
Half-tone
Engraving
...co-invented by Georges Edouard Desbarats & William
Augustus Leggo in 1869
Heart
Pacemaker
...invented by Dr. John A. Hopps in 1950
Hydrofoil
Boats
...co-invented by Alexander Graham Bell, & Casey Baldwin
in 1908
IMax
Movie System ...co-invented in 1968 by Grahame Ferguson,
Roman Kroitor and Robert Kerr
Instant
Mashed Potatoes ...dehydrated potato flakes were invented
by Edward A. Asselbergs, in 1962
Insulin
Process ...Fredrick Banting, J. J. Macleod, Charles Best
and Collip invented the process for insulin in 1922
JAVA
...a programming language invented by James Gosling in 1994
Jetliner
...the first jetliner
was designed by James Floyd in 1949
Jolly Jumper ...a baby's
delight invented by Olivia Poole in 1959
Kerosene
...invented by Doctor Abraham Gesner in 1846
Lawn
Sprinkler
...another invention made by the Real McCoy
Light
Bulb Leads
..leads made of nickel & iron alloy were invented
by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1892
Marquis Wheat
...invented
by Sir Charles E. Saunders in 1908
Mcintosh
Apple
...invented by John McIntosh in 1796
Music
Synthesizer ...invented
by Hugh Le Caine in 1945
Newsprint
...invented by Charles Fenerty in 1838
Odometer
...invented by Samuel McKeen in 1854
Paint Roller
...invented by
Norman Breakey of Toronto in 1940
Plexiglas
...(Polymerized
Methyl Methacrylate) invented by William Chalmers in 1931
Polypump Liquid Dispenser
...Harold Humphrey made pumpable liquid hand soap possible in 1972
Portable
Film Developing System
...invented by Arthur Williams McCurdy in
1890, but he foolishly sold the patent to George Eastman in 1903
Potato
Digger
...invented by Alexander Anderson in 1856
Process to Extract Helium from
Natural Gas
...invented by Sir John Cunningham McLennan in 1915
Prosthetic Hand ...an
electric prosthetic invented by Helmut Lucas in 1971
Quartz
Clock ...Warren Marrison developed the first quartz clock
R-Theta Navigation System
...invented by J.E.G. Wright in 1958
Radio-Transmitted
Voice
...invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1904
Railway
Car Brake
...invented by George B. Dorey in 1913
Railway Sleeper Car
...invented
by Samuel Sharp in 1857
Robertson
Screw
...invented by Peter L. Robertson in 1908
Rotary Blow Molding Machine
...this plastic bottle maker was invented by Gustave Côté
in 1966
Rotary Railroad Snowplow
...invented
by J.E. Elliott in 1869
Rubber
Shoe Heels
...Elijah McCoy patented an important iimprovement to
rubber heels in 1879
Safety Paint
...a high reflectivity
paint invented by Neil Harpham in 1974
Screw Propeller
...a ship's
propeller invented by John Patch in 1833
Silicon
Chip Blood Analyzer
...invented by Imants Lauks in 1986
SlickLicker
...made for cleaning
oil spills, patented by Richard Sewell in 1970
Snowblower
...invented by Arthur Sicard in 1925
Snowmobile
...invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1922
Standard
Time ...invented
by Sir Sanford Fleming in 1878
Stereo-orthography Map Making
System ...invented by T.J. Blachut, Stanley Collins in 1965
Superphosphate Fertilizer
...invented by Thomas L. Wilson in 1896
Synthetic Sucrose
...invented
by Dr. Raymond Lemieux in 1953
Television
...Reginald A. Fessenden patented a television system in 1927
Television
Camera
...invented by F. C. P. Henroteau in 1934
Telephone
..invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876
Telephone Handset
...invented
by Cyril Duquet in 1878
Tone-to-Pulse Converter
...invented
by Michael Cowpland in 1974
Trivial
Pursuit
...invented on December 15, 1979 by Chris
Haney and Scott Abbott
Tuck-Away-Handle Beer Carton
...invented by Steve Pasjac in 1957
Undersea Telegraph Cable
...invented
by Fredrick Newton Gisborne in 1857
UV-degradable Plastics
...invented
by Dr. James Guillet in 1971
Variable Pitch Aircraft Propeller
...invented by Walter Rupert Turnbull in 1922
Walkie-Talkie
...invented by Donald L. Hings in 1942
Wireless
Radio
...invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1900
Wirephoto
...Edward Samuels
Rogers invented the first in 1925
Zipper
...invented by Gideon Sundback in 1913
Canadian
Inventors
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