The invention and development of the high-power white-light LED led to use for illumination, which is fast replacing incandescent and fluorescent lighting

Prior to the invention of fluorescent lighting, it was common practice to provide a neutral conductor for three-phase systems rated at half the current carrying capacity of the phase conductors.

In association with the DuPont Chemical Company, he was also responsible for the invention of Freon refrigerant for refrigeration and air conditioning systems, as well as for the development of Duco lacquers and enamels, the first practical colored paints for mass-produced automobiles.

We are desperately in the need of such invention, for man is still very much at the mercy of man.

`` The confusion is not my invention.

A broader concept of imitation is needed, one which acknowledges that true invention is important, that the artist's creativity in part transcends the non-artistic causal factors out of which it arises.

Accordingly, it is the aim of this essay to advance a new theory of imitation ( which I shall call mimesis in order to distinguish it from earlier theories of imitation ) and a new theory of invention ( which I shall call symbol for reasons to be stated hereafter ).

As long as perception is seen as composed only of isolated sense data, most of the quality and interconnectedness of existence loses its objectivity, becomes an invention of consciousness, and the result is a philosophical scepticism.

`` My personal view is that not one patented invention in ten is worth making '', he later told a Congressional committee.

In the context of patent law and specifically in prior art searches, searching through abstracts is a common way to find relevant prior art document to question to novelty or inventive step ( or non-obviousness in United States patent law ) of an invention.

It condemned him for his invention of dynamite and is said to have brought about his decision to leave a better legacy after his death.

Scholars are unsure how much of Aristophanes ' portrayal is fact and how much mere comic invention.

The concept and theory of Kolmogorov Complexity is based on a crucial theorem first discovered by Ray Solomonoff, who published it in 1960, describing it in " A Preliminary Report on a General Theory of Inductive Inference " as part of his invention of algorithmic probability.

There is no contemporary evidence that Alfred and Guthrum agreed upon a formal treaty at this time ; the so-called Treaty of Wedmore is an invention of modern historians.

His promotion of it was so extensive that he is often credited with its invention, even though a machine operating in the same principle was described in 1762 by Swedish professor Johan Wilcke.

Parkinson challenges the argument from moral objectivity by arguing that, for the argument to be successful, it must be shown that morality is objective and commanded by God, rather than just a human invention.

Perhaps Grothendieck's deepest single accomplishment is the invention of the étale and l-adic cohomology theories, which explain an observation of André Weil's that there is a deep connection between the topological characteristics of a variety and its diophantine ( number theoretic ) properties.

Its invention is credited to the Celts, the Romans were thought to have adopted their design.

Finally, in 1740 the French astronomer Jacques Cassini, who is traditionally credited with the invention of year zero, completed the transition in his Tables astronomiques, simply labeling this year 0, which he placed at the end of Julian years labeled avant Jesus-Christ ( before Jesus Christ or BC ), and immediately before Julian years labeled après Jesus-Christ ( after Jesus Christ or AD ).

It is unclear whether the word dates back to the 5th century and was used by the kings themselves, or whether it is a later, 9th-century, invention.

* A Sam Browne belt is a modern invention similar in function to the baldric.

There is no evidence for this and it is probably a post World War II invention.

* Alternatively, the device's invention has been popularly attributed to Mary the Jewess, an ancient alchemist traditionally supposed to have been Miriam, a sister of Moses.

The separation of Crux from Centaurus is generally attributed to the French astronomer Augustin Royer in 1679, but other historians attribute the invention of Crux to Petrus Plancius in 1613.

Innovation and invention in 19th century America has been said to be attributed to the development of the patent system.

The invention of the making of types with punch, matrix and mold has been widely attributed to Gutenberg.

This is attributed to the invention of the artificial cultivation of pearls.

Cryptography historian David Kahn titles him the " Father of Western Cryptography ", pointing to three significant advances in the field which can be attributed to Alberti: " the earliest Western exposition of cryptanalysis, the invention of polyalphabetic substitution, and the invention of enciphered code " ().

The PET / CT scanner, attributed to Dr David Townsend and Dr Nutt was named by TIME Magazine as the medical invention of the year in 2000.

The invention of the form is usually attributed to Arnaut Daniel, a troubadour of 12th century Provence.

The invention of the sestina is traditionally attributed to Arnaut Daniel, a mathematician and troubadour of 12th-century Provence.

The invention of this constellation is obscure but can be attributed to 16th century seafarers.

The invention of the prayer rope is attributed to Saint Pachomius in the fourth century as an aid for illiterate monks to accomplish a consistent number of prayers and prostrations in their cells.

" Orth points out that this is generally attributed to the rise of the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy in the United Kingdom, which was accompanied by hostility towards judicial review as an undemocratic foreign invention.

The invention of the first multimeter is attributed to British Post Office engineer, Donald Macadie, who became dissatisfied with having to carry many separate instruments required for the maintenance of the telecommunications circuits.

Other countries, like Denmark, Poland and Israel, refer to it as a " Swedish key " as its invention has been attributed to the Swedish inventor Johan Petter Johansson, who in 1891 received a patent for an improved design of the adjustable spanner that is still used today.

* and the motion picture, the invention of which is attributed to Eadweard Muybridge.

For example, the invention of bourbon is often attributed to a pioneering Baptist minister and distiller named Elijah Craig.

The invention of this cold treat is attributed to Robert Green in 1874, although there is no conclusive evidence to prove his claim.

After about two decades of controversy, invention of America's " national game " of baseball was attributed to Abner Doubleday by the Mills Commission ( 1905 – 1907 ).

The invention of the cocktail " Earthquake " or Tremblement de Terre is attributed to Toulouse-Lautrec: a potent mixture containing half absinthe and half cognac ( in a wine goblet, 3 parts Absinthe and 3 parts Cognac, sometimes served with ice cubes or shaken in a cocktail shaker filled with ice ).

The invention of the dish is also attributed to other coastal societies such as the Polynesian islands of the south Pacific.

The invention of the dish is also attributed to places ranging from Central America to the Polynesian islands in the South Pacific.

The 2nd century BC grammarian Agallis attributed the invention of ball games to Nausicaa, most likely because Nausicaa was the first person in literature to be described playing with a ball.

The invention of " robots. txt " is attributed to Martijn Koster, when working for WebCrawler in 1994.

The invention of the Tower and Stockade system by which 52 settlements from 1938 to 1947 largely decided the borders of Israel in the UN 29 November 1947 decision, is attributed to kibbutz member Shlomo Gur.