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Inventions named after people

Name an invention named after a person. Hopdown accepts 256 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper.

Most common answers

• BrailleExtremely common
• Diesel EngineExtremely common
• Morse CodeExtremely common
• Ferris WheelExtremely common
• Rubik's CubeUncommon
• Bunsen BurnerUncommon
• SaxophoneUncommon
• Barbie DollUncommon
• Gatling GunUncommon
• Tesla CoilUncommon
• Stirling EngineUncommon
• Jacquard LoomUncommon
• ZeppelinUncommon
• Van de Graaff GeneratorUncommon
• Winchester RifleUncommon

Rare answers

• Lee-Enfield RifleRare
• Galileo ThermometerRare
• Liebig CondenserRare
• Chandra X-ray ObservatoryRare
• Mosin-NagantRare
• Leclanche CellRare
• Corliss Steam EngineRare
• Nipkow DiskVery rare
• Rickenbacker GuitarVery rare
• Wheatstone ConcertinaVery rare
• Atkinson Cycle EngineVery rare
• Fischer-Tropsch ProcessVery rare
• Savonius RotorVery rare
• Ondes MartenotVery rare
• Gregorian TelescopeVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• Fairlie LocomotiveDeep cut
• Nernst LampDeep cut
• Geordie LampDeep cut
• Buchner FunnelDeep cut
• Gunn DiodeDeep cut
• Faure BatteryDeep cut
• Cowper StoveDeep cut
• Voith Schneider PropellerDeep cut
• Hughes Printing TelegraphDeep cut
• Penning TrapDeep cut

Plus 216 more answers you'll have to find yourself.