List of New Zealand inventors
The following is a list of New Zealand inventors and inventions.
- Godfrey Bowen – developer of an improved sheep-shearing technique[1]
- John Britten – designer of the Britten motorcycle[2]
- Thomas Brydone and William Soltau Davidson – refrigerated shipping pioneers[3]
- Morton Coutts – invented the continuous fermentation method of brewing[4]
- Bill Gallagher – developer of the electric fence and founder of Gallagher Group Limited[5]
- Ernest Godward – inventor of the eggbeater[6]
- A. J. Hackett – popularised of commercial Bungy jumping[7]
- Bill Hamilton – developed the modern jetboat[8]
- Frederick Hanson – inventor of chipseal, known in New Zealand as tar seal[citation needed]
- Peter Lynn – leading kitemaker, aeronautical theoretician and inventor of the tipping blade portable sawmill[citation needed]
- Colin Murdoch – inventor of the disposable syringe and the tranquilliser gun[9]
- Richard Pearse – aviation pioneer[10]
- Bill Pickering – rocketry and space pioneer, former NASA Jet Propulsion Lab director
- Alan Prichard – pioneer of aerial topdressing
- Bill Robinson – inventor of the lead rubber bearing used for seismic base isolation in earthquake engineering
References
- ^ "Godfrey Bowen | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Staff reporter (7 February 2023). "Motorcycle Mecca's Britten exhibit now largest on display worldwide". Stuff. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "First frozen meat shipment leaves New Zealand". nzhistory.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "THE CONTINUOUS BREWING OF BEER" (PDF). New Zealand Institute of Chemistry. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Gallagher, Alfred William". Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Nine inventions by talented Kiwis". NZ Herald. 11 October 2023. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Bungy jump". Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Hamilton, Charles William Feilden". Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Murdoch, Colin Albert". Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Pearse, Richard William". Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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