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	Browse inventors by last name: Calahan , Edward Stock ticker Campbell , Donald L. Catalytic Cracking Donald Campbell was one of four Exxon Research & Engineering Co. (ER&E . . . . Campbell , George A. Loading Coil George Campbell was a leader in applying mathematical methods to the p . . . . Camras , Marvin Magnetic Recording Marvin Camras' inventions are used in modern magnetic tape and wire re . . . . Carlson , Chester F. Electrophotography (Xerox) / Instant Copying Physicist Chester F. Carlson, the father of xerographic printing, was born in Seattle, Washington. Plagued by needs for copies of patent drawings and specifications, Carlson investigated ways of automatic text and illustration reproduction, working out of his apartment. While others sought chemical or photographic solutions to 'instant copying' problems, Carlson turned to electrostatics and in 1938 succeeded in obtaining his first 'dry-copy' and the first of many patents two years later. It took presentations to more than 20 companies before Carlson was able to interest the . . . . Carothers , Wallace Hume Synthetic Rubber Wallace Hume Carothers, who has been called one of the most brilliant organic chemists ever employed by . . . . Carrier , Willis Haviland Air Conditioner American engineer and inventor Willis Haviland Carrier developed the formulae and equipment that made air conditioning possible. The world's first spray type air conditioning equipment was Carrier's 'Apparatus for Treating Air,' which he correctly predicted would be used to enhance comfort as well as improve industrial processes and products. In 1911 Carrier disclosed his basic 'Rational Psychrometric Formulae' to the . . . . Carruthers , George R. Far Electrograph Ultraviolet Camera With the Naval Research Laboratory since 1964, Carruthers has been a d . . . . Carver , George Washington Peanut Products Agricultural chemist George Washington Carver developed . . . . Cepollina , Frank Satellite Servicing Techniques When it comes to furthering innovation in space and technology, Cepoll . . . . Cerf , Vinton Internet Protocol Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn designed the architecture of the Internet . . . . Chapin , Daryl M. Silicon Solar Cell Solar Energy Converting Apparatus Chappelle , Emmett M. Bioluminescence Techniques Charnley , John Acetabular Sockets Acetabular Sockets Cho , Alfred Y. Optical Devices Utilizing Single Crystal GaP or GaAs Films Epitaxially Grown on CaF Substrates and Method of Fabricating Same Alfred Cho is considered "the father of molecular beam epitaxy," a pro . . . . Claude , Georges Neon Tubing Cochran , Josephine Dishwasher Cohen , Stan Genetic Engineering Herb Boyer was with the University of California, San Francisco when h . . . . Collip , James Isolated, Purified Insulin The process for producing enough pure insulin for clinical trials was . . . . Colt , Samuel Revolver with Interchangeable Parts Colton , Frank B. Oral Contraceptives Frank B. Colton developed Enovid, the first oral contraceptive. Colto . . . . Conover , Lloyd H. Tetracycline Lloyd H. Conover invented the antibiotic tetracycline, which became th . . . . Coolidge , William D. Vacuum Tube (X-Ray) William D. Coolidge's name is inseparably linked with the X-ray tube-p . . . . Cooper , Peter First steam locomotive built in America Coover , Harry Superglue Harry Coover's discovery of cyanoacrylates, a class of chemicals with . . . . Corliss , George Improvements in the steam engine Coston , Martha Signal flares used by ships Cottrell , Frederick G. Electrostatic Precipitator As industrial smokestacks became a common sight at the turn of the cen . . . . Coulter , Wallace Coulter Principle One of the giant corporate players in the field of medical technology . . . . Cousteau , Jacques-Yves Diving Unit Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan together invented the modern demand . . . . Cowen , Joshua Lionel Toy Train Coxe , Eckley Traveling grate furnace Cray , Seymour Supercomputer Seymour Cray unveiled the CRAY-1 in 1976, considered the first superco . . . . Crompton , George Loom Curtiss , Glenn Hydroaeroplane After establishing the G.H. Curtiss Manufacturing Company in 1902, Cur . . . . Cushman , Wayne Captopril