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X. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES OF SWEDEN.
14. THE MOST PROMINENT SWEDISH INVENTORS IN
THE DOMAIN OF INDUSTRY.
"We close this chapter with an enumeration of some among the most
prominent of the great number of Swedish inventors in the domain of
industry, as well as of the most important among their inventions.
J. A. Brinell (born 1849).
Important improvements in the technics of
testing materials.
J. A. Dahlgren (1810/70).
Constructor of cannons of large caliber,
called »Dahlgren cannons».
C. D. Ekman (born 1845).
Inventor of the sulphite method, very
important in the manufacture of cellulose.
G. Ekman (1804/76). Introduced
important improvements in the Swedish
Iron industry.
John Ericsson (1803/89). Inventor
of the propeller, of the steam fire-engine,
the monitor, the warm-air machine, etc.
L. M. Ericsson (bom 1846).
Important improvements with regard to the
telephone and its accessories.
O. Fahnehjelm (born 1846).
Inventor of the magnesia-comb for
incandescent light (fundamental to the modern
incandescent light).
G. F. Göransson (1819/1900).
Effected improvements in the Bessemer
process, which first rendered the same
of practical use.
C. A. Hult (born 1867) and O. W.
Hult (born 1863). Inventors of a highly
ingenious friction gearing mechanism
(»centratorväxeln»), rotatory
steam-engine, etc.
E. V. Jungner (born 1869).
Important improvement of the electrical
accumulator, etc.
A. Kjellin (born 1872). Inventor
of the Kjellin method for electric
steel-smelting (electro-steel).
P. Lagerhjelm (1787/1856).
Constructor of a machine for testing the
tensile strength of iron and steel, and
thereby founder of the mechanical testing
of materials.
A. Lagerman (born 1836).
Important inventions in the match industry,
type-setting machine (typotheter).
G. de Laval (born 1845). A great
number of important inventions in the
dairying industry, such as the separator,
the lactocrite, the emulsor; moreover,
the steam-turbine, etc.
B. Ljungström (born 1872).
Inventor of the »Svea-bicycle», with changeable
gearing and vertical treadling, etc.
J. E. Lundström (1815/88).
Important improvements with regard to
safety matches.
A. Nobel (1833/96). Inventor of
the dynamite and the smoke-free
gunpowder (Nobel gun-powder).
I. Nobel (1801/72). Introduced
nitro-glycerine as an explosive (Nobel
blasting oil); inventor of the first
submarine mine.
C. R. Nyberg (born 1853). Ingenious
arrangement for producing a high
temperature through direct and
smoke-free combustion of petroleum
(soldering-lamp, etc).
A. Orling (born 1870). Inventor
of the so-called Armorl-system for
wireless telegraphing and telephoning;
steer-able torpedo, etc.
C. G. von Otter (1827/1900).
Inventor of light-houses with intermittent
light.
H. PaXmcrantz (1842/80).
Constructor of the mitrailleuse, afterwards
improved by Maxim and Nordenfeldt
(Swede).
G. E. Pasch (1788/1862).
Inventor of the safety matches.
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