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Edwin Howard Armstrong

FM Radio

The inventions of engineer Edwin Howard Armstrong were so important that to this day every radio or television set makes use of one or more of his…
Inducted in: 1980
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 1,342,885
Died:
Military Service: U.S. Army

Edwin Binney

Manufacturing Lamp Black

In 1885, Edwin Binney, with his cousin C. Harold Smith, took over his father's lamp black factory and established Binney & Smith. The company…
Inducted in: 2011
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 453,140
Died:

Edwin A. Link

Flight Simulator

Edwin A. Link had an impact on aerospace and hydrospace few will match. His contributions to aviation are unparalleled. He invented the first…
Inducted in: 2003
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 1,825,462
Died:

Edwin Herbert Land

Instant One-Step Photography

Physicist, manufacturing executive, and inventor Edwin Herbert Land developed the first modern polarizers for light, theories and practices for…
Inducted in: 1977
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,543,181
Died:

Michael J. Owens

Glass-Shaping Machine

Michael Owens played a major role in the history of glass product manufacturing with his automatic glass-blowing machine. Born in Mason County, West…
Inducted in: 2007
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 766,768
Died: