List of Croatian inventions and discoveries

Speedometer
Fingerprints are used in dactyloscopy
Mechanical pencil
Azithromycin

The following list is composed of items, techniques and processes that were invented or discovered by people from Croatia:

Invention/discovery Inventor/discoverer
Pay-by-phone parking
Speedometer Josip Belušić[1]
Atomic theory

Absence of atmosphere on the moon
Least absolute deviations
Double refraction micrometer
Four fundamental equations of differential trigonometry

 Roger Joseph Boscovich[2]
Genomic phylostratigraphy Tomislav Domazet-Lošo
ECB dosimetry Igor Dvornik
Azithromycin Slobodan Đokić, Gorjana Radoboja-Lazarevski, Zrinka Tamburašev, Gabrijela Kobrehel[3]
Stars and bars (combinatorics)
Feller process
Feller's coin-tossing constants
Feller-continuous process		 William Feller
Electric light-bulb with a metal filament Franjo Hanaman & Aleksandar Justa[4]
Janko group Zvonimir Janko
Apaurin Franjo Kajfež[5]
Low Temperature Difference (LTD) Stirling engine Ivo Kolin
10241 Miličević
10415 Mali Lošinj
10645 Brač		 Korado Korlević
Duplex connection of telegraphic transmission Ferdinand Kovačević[6]
Liscic/NANMAC probe Božidar Liščić
Hydraulic rotary oil well drilling
Christmas tree (oil well)
Blowout preventer
Lucas Gusher		 Anthony Francis Lucas[7]
Sloan Great Wall Mario Juric
Torpedo Giovanni Luppis[8]
First European Hydropower Vjekoslav Meichsnero
Steam-powered washing machine
Improvement of steam bath		 Peter Miscovich[9]
Water cannon Intelligiant John Arthur Miscovich[10]
Mohorovičić discontinuity Andrija Mohorovičić[11]
Positronium Stjepan Mohorovičić[12]
Imerslund–Najman–Gräsbeck syndrome Emil Najman
Hot water bottle
Mechanical pencil		 Slavoljub Penkala[13]
Prelog strain
Conformational analysis
Synthesis of Adamantane		 Vladimir Prelog
Puretic power block Mario Puratić[14]
SOS response Miroslav Radman
Molecular Connectivity Index Milan Randić
Synthesis of testosterone and androsterone
Synthesis of macrocyclic ketones
Ruzicka large-ring synthesis
Synthesis and elucidation of various terpenes

Muscone

 Leopold Ružička
High-speed photography Peter Salcher
Dirigible David Schwarz
Wireless non-radiative energy transfer Marin Soljačić[15][16]
Computer-Associative Analyzer Branko Souček
Diazepam
Benzodiazepine
Chlordiazepoxide
Flurazepam
Nitrazepam
Clonazepam
Flunitrazepam
Trimetaphan camsilate		 Leo Sternbach
Alternating current
Induction motor
Resonant inductive coupling
Remote control
Tesla coil		 Nikola Tesla
"AMP" MP3 decoding engine Tomislav Uzelac
Dactyloscopy Juan Vucetich[17]

References

  1. ↑ Ed Sobey. "A Field Guide to Automotive Technology". Books.google.hr. p. 78. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. ↑ Anderton, Roger; Stoiljkovich, Dragoslav. Roger Boscovich The Founder of Modern Science. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781291820287.
  3. ↑ "Vol 60, No. 12, (617)". Pierre.fkit.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. ↑ "Hrvatski biografski leksikon". Hbl.lzmk.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  5. ↑ "Franjo Kajfež - Večernji.hr". Vecernji.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  6. ↑ History of Croatian Science
  7. ↑ "Bora computer aachen - Computer and IT latest news". piercecollegefoundation.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  8. ↑ "Inventor of the Torpedo – 1875". History.info. 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  9. ↑ "Peter Miscovich". Alaskamininghalloffame.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  10. ↑ "The Intelligiant: John Miskovich's rise from Alaskan gold miner to world renowned inventor". Mining Technology. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  11. ↑ "Mohorovicic Discontinuity - The Moho". Geology.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  12. ↑ Mohorovičić, St. (1934-01-01). "Möglichkeit neuer Elemente und ihre Bedeutung für die Astrophysik". Astronomische Nachrichten. 253 (4): 93–108. doi:10.1002/asna.19342530402. ISSN 1521-3994.
  13. ↑ "About Eduard Slavoljub Penkala". Penkala.net. 1906-01-24. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  14. ↑ "Full text of "Modern Fishing Of The World"". Archive.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  15. ↑ "Wireless energy could power consumer, industrial electronics". Retrieved 2016-09-03.
  16. ↑ http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2006/nov/14/gadget-recharging-goes-wireless
  17. ↑ "Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body: Galleries: Biographies: Juan Vucetich (1858–1925)". www.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-07.


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