SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™
Legacy Collections
Explore connected histories through professions, institutions, organizations, movements and shared contributions.
Collections organize the archive into pathways instead of one endless list. Choose a category or connection to explore the people whose records share it.
Collection
inventor, engineer
39 connected Legacies
John BarberJohn Barber (1734–1793) was an English coal viewer and inventor. He was born at Greasley Castle Farm, Nottinghamshire,…Helen BlanchardHelen Augusta Blanchard (25 October 1840 – January 12, 1922) was an American inventor who received 28 patents…George BraytonGeorge Bailey Brayton (1830–1892) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor. He was noted for introducing the constant…Edwin Beard BuddingEdwin Beard Budding (25 August 1796 – 25 September 1846), an engineer born in Eastington, Stroud, Gloucestershire, was…Claude ChappeClaude Chappe (French: [klod ʃap]; 25 December 1763 – 23 January 1805) was a French inventor who in…John Walter ChristieJohn Walter Christie (May 6, 1865 – January 11, 1944) was an American engineer and inventor. He is…Charles L. CoffinCharles L. Coffin (1844-1926) was an American inventor from Detroit. He was awarded U.S. patent 428,459 for an…Irving Wightman ColburnIrving Wightman Colburn (16 May 1861 – 4 September 1917) was an American inventor and manufacturer. In 1898,…Robert DavisSir Robert Henry Davis (1870 – 1965) was an English inventor and director of the Siebe Gorman company.…Philip DiehlPhilip H. Diehl (January 29, 1847 – April 7, 1913) was a German-American mechanical engineer and inventor who…Philip DrinkerPhilip Drinker (December 12, 1894 – October 19, 1972) was an American industrial hygienist. With Louis Agassiz Shaw,…Arnold DumeyArnold I. Dumey (1906-1995) was the co-inventor of the postal sorting machine and cryptanalyst first for SIS and…Allen B. DuMontAllen Balcom DuMont (; January 29, 1901 – November 14, 1965) was an American electronics engineer, scientist, and…Justus B. EntzJustus Bulkley Entz (June 16, 1867, New York City – June 8, 1947, New Rochelle, New York) was…Henri de FranceHenri Georges de France (7 September 1911 Paris – 29 April 1986 Paris) was a pioneering French television…Barrie GilbertBarrie Gilbert (5 June 1937 – 30 January 2020) was an English-American electrical engineer. He was well known…