Saxofon was invented by Sax, sandwich by Lord Sandwich etc...
2006-08-22 03:04:16 · 18 answers · asked by vesvol 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Diesel engine by Rudolf Diesel (
Dunlop Tyre (bicycle) by John Dunlop (1888)
Commercial Baby Food by Dorothy Gerber (1927)
Rubber (vulcanized) by Charles Goodyear (1839)
Detergent by Henkel
Cocoa by Coenrad van Houten
Cornflakes by Dr. John Kellogg
Tupperware by Earl Tupper
Opel (car) by Adam Opel
2006-08-22 04:16:14 · answer #1 · answered by eyna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spot the red herring!
'Peach Melba' after the late Dame Nellie Melba an Australian Opera Singer.
'The brush' named after it's inventor Basil
'Hadrian's Wall' after the Roman general Hadrian.
Buckingham Palace build by Lord Buckingham.
Marks and Spencers.
The Rolls Royce engine invented by two engineers Rolls & Royce.
'Peelers' the old name for a policeman.... Sir John Peel was the founder of the police force.
2006-08-22 11:22:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably the best known was the food item invented by the Earl of Sandwich but you also should know that the flush toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper!
2006-08-22 10:11:02 · answer #3 · answered by dpbmab 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Louis Pasteur invented the Pasteurisation process
2006-08-22 11:00:20 · answer #4 · answered by stryker_uk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daniel Fahrenheit, Louis Braille :o)
Annie. i think i spotted two red herrings.
1. Sir John Peel
2. Basil Brush
it was sir Robert Peel that formed the police force, hence the nickname 'bobbies'
i'd be impressed if the furry dummy invented anything!
2006-08-23 22:38:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Diesel
and all the scientific units
Volt(aire)
Amp(ere)
Ohm
Watt
Farad(ay)
Henry
Curie
and some others
America (Amerigo Vaspucci, though he didn't really invent the country)
Waldorf salad (hotel, bloke)
and despite what some people say, Thomas Crapper did participate in the modern toilet (the flushing mechanism) and I think it was patented
2006-08-22 10:29:03 · answer #6 · answered by David R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does Rubber Johnny count?
2006-08-22 10:13:21 · answer #7 · answered by button mushroom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Levi Strauss..my jeans man!!
Plus, of course, all the designer togs. By the By, many designers consider themselves inventors (ha!).
2006-08-23 12:23:32 · answer #8 · answered by l18dreamon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hoover became the generic name for vacuum cleaners, before Dyson.
2006-08-22 10:10:54 · answer #9 · answered by charlie6091 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rubik Cube?
2006-08-22 10:14:14 · answer #10 · answered by Roger B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋