List of Croatian inventors and discoverers
The list of Croatian inventors and discoverers is a list of inventors and discoverers from Croatia in alphabetical order by family name.
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- Zlata Bartl (1920–2008): chemist, inventor of the herb Vegeta (1958)
- Josip Belušić (1847 – unknown): physicist and mathematician, inventor of the velocimeter , an electric eddy current tachometer (1888)
- Ivan Benigar , also Juan Benigar: engineer and linguist, researched Mapuche culture in the Argentine province of Aluminé , author of the Araucanian-Castilian dictionary
- Franjo Brozinčević (1874–1933): car engineer and designer
- Vice Bune : naval captain, navigator , explorer and diplomat; in the name of the Spanish kings Philip II and Philip III. discovered and named new islands in the Bismarck Archipelago , Solomon Islands and New Hebrides (1580–1598)
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- Ivan Dellaitti and Jakov Kuljiš : invented, designed and patented an acetylene lamp that can be used in night fishing (1898)
- Petar Dragić : inventor of the purse seine net
- Igor Dvornik : chemist; Inventor in the field of radiological dosimetry and ionizing radiation
- Ivan Đikić (* 1966): molecular biologist; discovered that the protein ubiquitin plays an essential role in intracellular signal processing, as well as the molecular mechanisms underlying the cellular response to Salmonella infections (2011), etc.
- Slobodan Đokić , head of the team of pharmacists who invented the antibiotic Sumamed (1980)
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- Vilim Feller (1906–1970): mathematician and researcher in the field of probability theory
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- Marin Getaldić (1568–1626): mathematician and physicist ; constructed parabolic burning mirrors , contributed to the development of conical lenses, as well as in analytical geometry, geodesy, etc.
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- Franjo Hanaman (1878–1941): engineer and chemist, inventor of the electric tungsten wire lamp (1903)
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- Davor Juretić : biophysicist , inventor of the antibiotic Adepantin, a remedy for the treatment of Escherichia coli (2011)
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- Franjo Kajfež : chemist; invented a simplified process for the preparation of Apaurin tablets, the Valium contain
- Marcel Kiepach : engineer; invented and patented the ship's gyro compass (1910), bicycle dynamo (1911) and power switch (1912) etc.
- Ivo Kolin : economist and engineer; developed the hot air engine or Stirling engine (1983)
- Ferdinand Konščak : missionary , naturalist, explorer and cartographer ; proved that the so-called island of California is actually a peninsula
- Benedikt Kotruljević (1416–1469): merchant ; Inventor of double entry bookkeeping
- Ferdinand Kovačević : engineer, inventor of the duplex (communications engineering ) (1874–1876)
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- Dragutin Lerman (1863–1918): Africa explorer and book author; discovered the Zrinski waterfall on the Kouilou River in the Republic of the Congo
- Antun Lučić (1855–1921): oil researcher; invented and / or developed the steam powered hydraulic drilling rig, check valve, eruption cross , blowout preventer , etc.
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- Ante Maglica (* 1930): mechanic and businessman , inventor of the Mag-lite flashlight (1979)
- Vjekoslav Meichsner : engineer, designer of the first European power plant with alternating current on the Krka river near Šibenik (1895)
- Petar Mišković : hydraulic engineer , inventor of the first steam washing machine
- Ivan Mišković : designer; invented the "Intelligiant", a water cannon , and more than 300 other inventions
- Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936): meteorologist and geophysicist , founder of modern seismology
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- Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871–1922): engineer and versatile inventor; invented the mechanical pen , the solid ink fountain pen , bottle warmer , thermos , rotating toothbrush , rail car brakes, manometer , dynamometer , etc.
- Vladimir Prelog (1906–1998): chemist, Nobel Prize winner ; among other things researched and developed the stereoisomerism of organic molecules
- Mario Puratić : fisherman ; invented the hydraulic winch known as the "Puratić Power Block"
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- Lavoslav Ružička (1887–1976): chemist , university professor , Nobel Prize winner; Research on polymethylene and higher terpene compounds, etc.
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- Peter Salcher (1848–1928): physicist and photography pioneer of Austrian descent; developed the first photographs of air waves caused by projectiles flying at supersonic speeds
- Mirko and Stjepan Seljan : America- and Africa, researchers and authors
- Pavao Skalić (1534–1575): humanist , priest , adventurer and encyclopedist
- Marin Soljačić (* 1974): physicist and electrical engineer; invented the efficient wireless energy transmission over short distances using electromagnetic fields (2006)
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- Nikola Tesla (1856–1943): physicist , electrical engineer and versatile inventor; developed the two-phase alternating current , electric generator, three-phase asynchronous machine , etc.
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- Ivan Vučetić (1858–1925): criminalist , founder of dactyloscopy
- Ivan Vukić-Lupis (1813–1875): engineer, inventor of the first torpedo with its own propulsion and self-control (1860)
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